That seems an extraordinarily high efficiency rate. I am very dubious.

Rust gets a new stable release every 6 weeks,

In my world, that is the definition of unstable

I have 3 Sun/Oracle servers (running OpenBSD), and two AMD workstations (running Devuan). ls, rm. vi, tar, etc all work the same, and I use Mate for my UI.

Most people can switch from petrol manual to EV without much sweat.

Someone is TEACHING people that changing OS is hard, but most manage to switch between Windows versions without tears.
I found switching from Windows XP to Windows 10 very hard. (I never used anything Windows in between).

Windows is a HORRIBLE security risk. I would not want it on company premises.

Admittedly, it is annoying when things are just a little bit different between systems;

Which is why all makes of car are exactly identical!

Or can you tell a Fiat 500 from a Ford F150?

Have no fear - very soon Europe will do what should have been done years ago, and understand that Word files beocme unreadable after a while so you ahve to pay MS for a new version of Windows.

If your data is important or valuable you should be using open document formats because then they will still be readable when you need them to prove something in courts - like you own your house or something!

Most Governments ought to refuse files in Word format, and fairly soon Europe will do this.

As IBM used to say "THINK!"

You don't have to use a command line to run desktop Linux.

No. But you do need to know what time zone you are in and what your name is, and then make up a password.

IME, most people can't even manage to make up a password, and half of them don't even know what planet they are on, let alone what a timezone is!

Last time I used windows, I think it set the date to "1 January 1970" and I could still use it. How hard would it be for Linux to ask the Internet what timezone it is in, and use that for a default? Hell, for a few more lies of code, it could set the user's name to "Me" and the password to "password", then we could have real idiots on the net. (But I am not convinced it would be a good thing).

" something without commercial support"

Have you ever tried to get support from Microsoft? They just put you on hold till you give up. OTOH I have had Open Source authors email me bug fixes to test with in a couple of days of reporting actual bugs. For anything else RTFM!

The real problem with free software is:
IT DOES NOT HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET

And most people are too stupid to buy anything that is not rammed down their throats by "influencers".

But are you old enough to remember me saying my goal was "world Domination" on a DEC10 over DecNet?

Before Windows was invented.

The truth is It is us oldies that brought you Unix/Linux.
Take your "old people can't do it" and stick it. My mother learned to type on a cardboard picture of a keyboard during WW2 and was an Apple][ user, and later Mac user - til she died.

No, I have never compiled a Linux kernel, and I have used it since version 0.99.

I HAVE compiled many BSD kernels - but that was because I was developing disk drivers for Vaxen, or using Sparc kit.

Don't fall for Microsoft's propaganda.

Yup, just another example of the Carbon Capture Perpetual Motion Machine Scam. The thermodynamic uphill problem with atmospheric capture is so extreme that if you had enough free energy sitting around to make it worthwhile, you wouldn't need to do any of this.

This may be a problem fir children playing with Turtle Logo, but a non-existent package will not compile if you use a real computer language.

If they overpower the humanity trying to stop them from doing those things, yes.

I'm amused by those who imagine that the laws of physics can be defied merely by looking the other way. It makes me ponder how unbelievably moronic humanity is, how pathetic, and how deserving of what it is come.

...Ditch the dammed AI completely and just give us the picture without messing!

If that was true, we would be able to delete Microsoft itself, and not just an app!

That whole 22 thousand year comic time line and indeed our whole human existence, is inside the Quaternary ice age, which started 2.5 million years ago. The normal temperature for the earth is about 15 degrees warmer than it is now and it can change back to its normal warm state very rapidly.