I have studied deeply C++98. I try to avoid C++ and favor Java each time I can. I am programming since 1994 and I agree with every single word ESR said. I do not know if rust or go are the future. I think we can do better and that there are a lot of insight to get from Ada (and ravenscar).

The windows XP laptop of my parents was becoming almost unusable because of slowness. I wanted to migrate them to a small desktop with ubuntu. Like old people, they receive many powerpoint documents. The perfect working of powerpoint viewer with wine was a condition sine qua none for my plan. It is working perfectly since 2013.

fingerprint scanning increases the cost of the phone. Face recognition does not require any additional hardware.

give him a macbook for real work and a win10 desktop for games. A desktop is still far better for games. I am a Linux user since many years and I have changed my PC this spring. I boot on windows around once every 2 month for a specific application that my entreprise use to manage absences. The experience is awful. I can not use the computer during the lengthy upgrades during which I can not even see what is happening. I get insane notification that I should install software I have never heard of to keep up to date other unknown software. The documentation is shit: after 20 minutes of insane PR, no way to know how to start the proposed installation later if I refuse to do it now. 2 computers will open his mind on the differences and he will be able to work when win10 is updating.

gnome 3 and others are focusing on desktop use where most of the enterprise use of RHEL I have encountered is using remote display. I feel as if the desktop team is killing the main use case.

you missed the link https://xkcd.com/949/

you are american

IMHO, C should be replaced by a better language. The most important peace of software that should be replaced is the OS. The new language shall be perceptibly optimized for this task so that you can convince Linus Torvalds to migrate. Once Linux is migrated, conquering the rest of the world will be peace of cake ;-)

I never put passphrase

does it work also with powerpoint viewer on wine ?

The main role of a pilot is to handle failure of some parts of the aircraft. There is a huge number of stories where the pilots have been incredibly creative and have found ways to save desperate situations. IMHO, if the pilot does not risk his life, he may be less inspired.

The only thing I expect from a desktop it to get out of my way. Most of my work is using applications like chrome or open-office that are the same on windows or linux. Most of Windows specific programs (like photoshop) work out of the box in wine. My PC is secured with ssh. I can share directories my the PC of my wife (also using ubuntu) using ssh-fs. If I have left a document I am working on at home, I can wake up my pc from internet and access it. If I want to download a youtube video, it is as simple as typing install youtube-dl. With docker, I can install different programming ecosystems in different images. NFS configuration for my NAS disk is straight forward without clicking insane checkboxes like in windows.

I agree that the desktop is nicer in Windows but once you stop trying to do on linux what you used to do in windows, your productivity increases incredibly. Command line is fare more effective than mouse as soon as you have a repetitive task you can automate.

A brutal brake to avoid a pedestrian may become a medium threat to the passenger. Will you reduce the strength of the brake at the expense of hitting pedestrians to avoid hurting passengers ? We are handling probabilities, no absolute certitudes.

The town that provides streets that help burglars to come to visit my house is helping them far too much for my taste ;-)

The dumbphone is more secure because it contains almost nothing. IMHO, we need dumbphone with good battery, good 4G and excellent tethering.