So basically, you're saying this:

"There are professionals who are not 100% perfect; therefore, there are no professionals."

Which is pretty silly, really.

Non-story.

People have been running Linux on iDevices for a couple of years now, as anyone with enough sense to type "Linux on iPad" into the Google search box can easily see.

And we have made it just as clear that once we buy it, it's *ours*, and we can do whatever we like with it--use it to prop open the balcony door, install Linux on it, grind it up and sprinkle it on our breakfast cereal, or whatever, Microsoft be damned.

You mischaracterise that case, which had nothing to do with tied sales. The court determined that that First Sale rights do not apply to a good which is licensed rather than sold (after Psystar tried to claim it was just reselling OS X). It also didn't appear to me that Groklaw were "cheerleading" in the way you suggest, although they did point out that this decision applies just as much to software licensed under GPL (which means that someone receiving GPL software can't use First Sale as an excuse to redistribute it under different terms to another party).

Microsoft mice and keyboards aren't bad (and seem to work just fine with Linux).

No need to try, it's been done. Use the Google.

Again, no need for this, since it's been done. I know heaps of people running Linux on Mac hardware (but don't take my word for it, use the Google).

So basically you're trying to stir up excitement over a non-issue. Or trolling.

Your statements regarding Jesus (al-Masih) run counter to what is written in the Quran.

I therefore name you liar, blasphemer, troll.

He was from East Bumfuck, Arabia, actually--otherwise you're pretty much on the mark.

As a free man, I derive enormous satisfaction from living with a free woman who stays with me because she chooses to do so.

By labelling a woman as "property" rather than "partner", you condemn yourself to never knowing such satisfaction. I wish I could say, "Your loss, asshole"--except it's your women who do the suffering.

Seldom have I seen such a thorough confusion of "licensing" and "distribution".

Microsoft, Apple, and Vladimir Putin are all perfectly free to (re)distribute GPL'ed software, as long as they comply with the licensing terms.

What they (or any one else) may not do is change the licensing terms without permissions of (all) the copyright holders.

Almost correct, but not quite.

It is wrong, because its only purpose is to make any alternative OS cumbersome to boot.

Yeah, pretty much.

*looks at passport and Swedish resident card*

Dunno, I made sure to get mine early.

Well, hello there, Anders! Why don't you log in before posting next time?

Anyone using "LOL" as a substitute for punctuation is not worth a serious response.

Also, Gus is a valued colleague, and I see no reason why he should be banned.