Right. As if your grandmother would do anything differently when encountering problems under Linux than under Windows -- either she'd ignore it (like my parents do with their infinite number of browser toolbars bogging down their systems), or she'd come to you for help. Most people are entirely incapable of fixing problems under either Windows or OS X, as exemplified by the infinite number of hits you get when googling "repair permissions", the universal remedy for all Mac problems (which are remarkably frequent for a faultless system) that never ever works, suggested by clueless idiots to helpless computer illiterate users every day.

In the end, most users just blame themselves for their computer problems: after all, they have chosen not to learn how the system works. Perhaps that seems less irresponsible with proprietary consumer software, a sort of feel-better-factor, but don't pretend your average computer user is capable of fixing problems under Windows or OS X.

I was so looking forward to playing with Linux 3.7 this weekend.

16075 packages that work, or 16075 packages that are available? Seriously, the last time I used a Mac with Fink, so much was broken that it just wasn't funny. From the complaints I've seen, this is still true, although probably not quite as horrid as back then.

...entirely gone? Slashdot has always had wildly inaccurate summaries. You were always better off ignoring it, with a better summary usually showing up in the fourth or fifth top level comment, after wading through a sea of tripe based on the sensationalist, poorly spelt and edited bullshit put on the front page.

This summary is just slightly below par for a site with a long tradition for getting almost everything wrong.

Incorrect. Like this BBM thing, Google voice and video chat, and Facetime, are free as in free data. Google's solution even works on other platforms (like Nokia).

That's why you post as Anonymous Coward, whereas he is whoring for karma with a first post about beer.

// posted while having a coffee break from sanitising bottles for my homebrewed beer.

Untrue. But even if it were true (which it isn't), you're still a corporate shill who should be ashamed of not being paid for all your hard work.

You never let the opportunity to lie for Apple's advantage go past you. I have to admire your tenacity, yet loathe your dishonesty.

Wow, you must be begging for another anal rape by Steve Jobs.

No, iOS is not OS X derived as Android is Linux derived. iOS is less than OS X (being a crippled OS X minus a lot), whereas Android is more than Linux (being the Linux kernel plus a lot), and Apple TV is tiny, irrelevant, close to nothing compared to TVs and various set top boxes running Linux (TiVo and more). Then you've got pretty much every single popular wireless router except Apple's running Linux.

So, with iOS not being OS X, and iOS being smaller than Linux, how about not being such a giant wanker.

To be fair, the Danegeld supported the Danelaw, which was far superior to the religious laws of England that came later. If anything, the disappearance of the Dane just proves that the Danegeld wasn't expensive enough.

Is it? Why call it True RGB Real Stripe PLS, then, instead of, for instance, pentile? PLS is Samsung's version of IPS.

You seem to imagine you know far more about the world than you actually do. Contracts and subsidised phones aren't forced on you in the non-US.

Of course they don't. But the best camera is the one you're carrying with you, which is why camera quality can be important for a phone. And the difference between the good ones and the not so good ones is huge.

The iPhone 4 is still for sale, and it's low-end compared to most Android phones at a comparable price.