The goal of commercial software is to get paid, but Microsoft has been sleazebag number one or two in computing since forever. (It's hard to decide these days between them, IBM, and Oracle...) More on-topic though, if Microsoft wanted to ensure Xbox compatibility then they would have had to also require a relatively advanced GPU, which they didn't do.

That's why I said it was sideways. The distinction is artificial.

The mission is fuck you and with no remorse.

Yes, and spare no sleazebaggery.

I did it for a while, it's nice that they package the necessary files with the kernel, but it's nicer to not have to. These days I get a current kernel and a ntsync module without having to do anything special.

On one hand, stability is more important than new shiny. On the other, I have long awaited features which aren't available in some software versions, including in KDE where I really don't want to replace the whole thing.

It is, and I understand that, but I still place most of the blame with Google for creating such a distinction. It smacks of incompetence to not plan for users to be able to operate apps intended for one of those environments in theyl other

Nah, they will keep slowing down old devices with new features users didn't ask for in order to induce additional sales

"The US military isn't socialist, except that it tries to provide for it's members in compensation for the risks they take."

It should try harder

I live in a rural area where no provider works well, you insensitive clod!

They have an unparalleled level of oversight and accountability for a free distribution. It's worth dealing with the outdated packages. These days, on topic, at least you can get current kernels from backports.

We know you're a POS due to your language choices

That wasn't young enough for him and his customers. It's also a lot easier to hide evidence on your own island than in France. So unless you're more like Roman Polanski than Donald Trump, it's not a great place to hide pedophilia.

No, it isn't, because no, it didn't. The change is "arbitrary" and has to do with creating new sales, spying, or both.

It's not really backwards, it's sideways. It's not like Windows has ever run Xbox games.

Typically ignorant statement for an anonymous coward. Most laws are for practical reasons, mostly saving money. Only a minority of laws are even allegedly morality-based, and since so many of the lawmakers don't observe them or demonstrate any morality to speak of, we can see that morality is only an excuse when it's even mentioned.

Eric S. Raymond wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", which inspired Mozilla to make their browser open source. For some reason, this means they name their extended support releases after him.