Nor are the 42.37% of Android devices mentioned.

I'm not saying that this makes up for all the other privacy issues with Windows 11, but the FSF should at least be fair in pointing out that you can opt for an edition of Windows that doesn't require a Microsoft account. It may cost more (you can find legit keys for relatively cheap), but the option is there.

I agree, especially when they are making that a major point in their statement. To be fair I didn't realise it had to Pro version now to have a local account, as I haven't tried Home edition at all. The whole Home/Pro/Enterprise thing has always been a big con, as it's the same operating system, just deliberately crippled in different ways.

I almost never get round to adding comments on here, but one thing in the summary is absolutely wrong, where it says "but Windows 11 will now require a Microsoft account to be connected to every user account". I run Windows 11 at home in a dual boot configuration and you can still have local user accounts. They make you jump through a couple of rounds of nagging to do it, but it's still possible. I can't disagree with the rest of it though. I keep Windows around for gaming and while I know you can get by with running games in Linux, I always run into hurdles and spend more time troubleshooting configuration than actual gaming in a lot of cases.

Thanks. This made me laugh, which is very rare on this site.

That would be only on the Unifi Security Gateway. He has the ERPoE-5, which is not managed by the Unifi controller.

I used to use iGoogle when it was around. Nowadays, I use Netvibes which gives me a tabbed view of all my RSS feeds in any browser, set as my homepage. Works fine. I don't need a separate client for it.

One word: Gaming

You already know the answer to this. A lot of non-technical people just want to get stuff done without worrying over little detail about how the device works. The recent TV ads I have seen for Chromebooks ask the question "Have you ever wanted your PC to be as simple to use as your phone?". Like it or not, that's an awfully big market.

I was kind of angling for a suggestion of somewhere else to go, but you may be right.

You're not wrong. Slashdot does still have some interesting stories occasionally, but the comments though...

Serious question: Where did all the clever people from Slashdot go? I used to enjoy the well thought out opinions in the comments section. It seems like every other article now is full of comments like the above.

On the small business side, Ubiquiti Edgerouters are quite frequently updated. Mine has four upgrades already this year and the support lifecycle of the equipment seems impressive.

I should probably add that our way of dealing with these horrendously outdated operating systems required for the equipment is to vlan them off from the main network and don't allow internet access.

I work in the medical industry and I have never yet seen Linux as the OS used with any major medical equipment, such as CT scanners, X-Ray scanners, MRI, Ultrasound, etc. Linux is not always the answer in the real world unfortunately.

I have been using Netvibes to aggregate all my RSS feeds onto a single page since the demise of iGoogle. As it's all browser-based, it's easy to get to it, whatever device you're on. It works better than a dedicated RSS feed application for me at least.