It's not. People contributing to distros do not do so as "a [...] reaction by those with the talent to create the alternatives they prefer". They do so for various reasons, but I'm guessing, the one you're saying is only for a very tiny minority. Mostly, people that contribute are already users of the distro, and just want to make it better. It's as simple as that.

Excuse-me ? The IPCC was formed in 1988, not in the 70s...

I hate that some folks need to have this explained to them.

Silence != consent

It cuts the scalpers out of the transaction. Since Ticketmaster has become a first-party scalper, it simply hands them a monopoly on the practice.

Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'Does this inject a security flaw or hazard?' Now to tell you the truth, I've forgotten myself in all decades just how insecure Microsoft software is. But being this is a Linux kernel, the most powerful kernel in the world, and will blow Microsoft's kernel clean off the rack, you've gotta ask yourself a question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya?

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What goes out to 4Chan: It's all about being able to use ActiveX in the Linux kernel so that WSL will have better security and reliability.

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well, apt and apt-get are from the same source package, and even binary. The only thing that differs, is the command line interface and params input, but it's really one single software behind.

She's from Arizona.

Feral's Linux port of Tomb Raider 2013 translates DX11 to OpenGL, and it's not much more efficient than vanilla WiNE. It's a pretty big hit compared to native DX11.

DXVK is much faster. This is the case with nearly all pre-vulkan Linux ports, unless the original game used OpenGL.

FTA:

Many Americans abbreviate this to "howdy".

By that point, they'll be giving out free licenses on Epic, right before Tiny Tina's Telltale Pre-Sequel Bonerfarts 3 comes out.

PRINCE JOHN: You changed your name to latrine?

LATRINE: Yeah, it used to be Zuckerberg!

https://mobian.org/ phosh, kde-plasma...

So many purchases of non-physical items are a revocable license. There's a good chance they didn't use LaTex to create their court filing documents because that software too probably comes with a revocable license to use, not own.

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