If they're worried about using floppy disks, why not replace it with a GoTek floppy emulator:
https://www.gotekemulator.com/...
I'm pretty sure USB thumb drives are still in production. This would allow it to still be used until they finally replace the system.

I also remember it being that way. The widespread use of the term "apps" came about with smartphones, and then people started using it in reference to computer software, applications, programs.

Windows 95 had "C:\Program Files\" , not "C:\App Files\"

"All three new products are designed for students, families, and general consumers.", i.e. people who don't care about what they use, other than it turns on and runs "apps".
I wonder if the marketing departments at these large corporations have a graphic on the wall for when determining which consumer segment to target. Mmm, high-grade prosumers.

There are so many other more interesting products out there that don't include a free EULA mandated RFID ear tag for when they send you down the chute. Framework laptop, Pinebook, PPC laptop, to name a few.

Can't remember too many instances of people with them, but I know someone who has a Satellite M305 and it actually seems pretty nice, I really like the keyboard. Considering the thing is twelve or so years old, it has held up well and runs Linux without any issues. With a SATA SSD and RAM upgrade, it would probably be fine for many normal uses.

The new Enlightenment is pretty good too. It's more of a DE, but you can strip it down quite a bit to make it behave more like a WM. I use it more like that because it has support for many modern features, but it's modular so you can disable what you don't use. Some older WMs are actually kind of useful for VMs when you want to use some type of remote desktop.

'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it' - Lie of the Year 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... - leading up to 2013

What do you think would happen if someone pointed out the fact that everything the bad orange man is accused of doing, was also going on long before he ever stepped foot inside the White House. It's all Trumps fault, but we have to thank Obama and everyone else before him.

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Trump says: "ChiNa"

Or you could not make an assumption and instead identify what is known, that the virus caused an outbreak in Wuhan and that more investigation is needed to determine the actual origin. "More investigation" may be difficult because the area of interest is under the jurisdiction of a one-party state and has been known to party like it's 1989.

Perhaps having registered .org domains vote on it would be advisable. Many .org are non-profits and would likely want the domain registry to remain under the control of a non-profit.

For every ballot initiative, there are people out on the street collecting all of the information needed to fake this. I managed to get one of those forms used by someone "registering voters" and it was the state voter registration form combined with a separate non-state issued voter info section attached to the side. For the uninformed schmoe that actually hands the form back, it has all the good Personal Information that would be needed for identity theft: Name, Address, SSN, Date of Birth, Driver License Number, signature. Voting in this country is a joke, all aspects should have a chain of custody and actual photo verification. Buying alcohol and tobacco products requires more verification than voting or registering to vote. It's not out of the question that fraud could happen if you have publicly available voter information and the above information. Have you ever seen those people going door to door asking if such and such person on the voter role lives at ...

The average person does not have the technical knowledge to install a new operating system so they just keep whatever is on the machine they get. This is how Microsoft won in the 90s and got the first-movers advantage into the post 8-bit consumer market. That 1.72% are probably people that understand a computer isn't a magic box.