yet people still claim (and some maybe even believe) that climate change is a hoax. Do something before it is too late. I used to think that it would affect my grandkids, not me (I am 71), but I am now not so sure - this Summer has been hot!

The user does not have any opportunity to negotiate a change to any of the clauses, they are 'terms of business', deliberately written so that most people do not read them and even fewer understand them. Amazon is not really any worse than most of the on-line retailers.

What is needed are a set of agreements that are drawn up to be understandable to non lawyers and to be fair to both parties. There need to be a set of them as the requirements of a business selling clothes is different from one selling pizzas. The agreement must be easily checkable by the user that it has not been modified and there should be a short schedule that the business can specify defined terms, eg: business name, delivery charge and timescale, return address, ...

For those who have not heard of the blueprint for Trump's presidency see Project 2025

Trump is cutting the NOAA budget -- the organisation that it important as it monitors the weather. The orange despot does not like those who produce facts that contradict his lies.

None of the managers or responsible officials live near by so the stench, pollution and health issues are not as important as cutting costs to increase profits and so get that end of year bonus.

Gnome has gone downhill after version 2, fortunately that has been kept alive as the Mate desktop.

there will then be a good chance of finding some crooks.

If so how are bad packages installed ? Debian keeps keys in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ and has done so since 2005.

For most at-home end users Linux has been good enough for years. Most of these people only use two applications: a web browser (through which they also get web based email), you have a choice of many with Linux; and an office suite (word processing and spreadsheet) that Open Office does excellently. They will not need to use the command line.

Other needs: printing is easy via CUPS; system updates easy; package installation easy; Gimp OK for simple image editing; music playing - well supported; SANE does scanners well.

It just needs someone to do the installation and provide a little initial hand holding and most people then just get on with it. Their main problem is fear of the unknown before they start -- so do your bit and offer to hold peoples' hands.

Yes: there are always people who need something special that you can only find on MS Windows or a Mac; but I am talking about the 80% of home users.

to replace Trump and his cronies. It would be very hard for them to do a worse job.

"This big, ugly Boarder Officer was in my face and frightened me. My brain/memory did not work properly, the stress of it all made me remember the wrong password which wiped my 'phone."

This may be true. However if they have it in for you they will get you.

It is also dangerous as it makes you take your eyes off the road .... yes, it should only take a second -- but you know how it is, you often cannot find what you are looking for as quickly as you thought and before you know it you have driven 1/4 mile NOT looking at the car in front -- what happens if it were to brake suddenly ?

Sorry I was not clear - OpenAI is who I mean by "it".