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    canonical: that can be arranged

    [–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    Mark my words. There will be Linux that does this and it will be the most popular distro.

    [–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

    Don't give Canonical ideas.

    [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

    And it will be legal to fork it and remove that, yay GPL!

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
    [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

    Yeah, I was gonna say, it already exists

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is already a thing.

    [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    ... time to re-boot development on Hannah Montana Linux, it is then...

    You DID NOT activate Linux!

    wrecking ball crashes through both your desktop, and also random parts of the actual file structure

    [–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

    Consumers want bad tech

    [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

    Why do you think it would be popular?

    [–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 116 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    "Microsoft has reached a deal to purchase Linux"

    [–] simonlm@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 days ago

    What a horrifying timeline that would be!

    [–] apftwb@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    "Linus Torvalds sold his share of Linux to Microsoft for $1.8B"

    [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

    1.8B is way too cheap for something as big as Linux, hell fucking Minecraft sold for 2B

    [–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 17 points 3 days ago

    You're too late. The rebellion has flown away.

    [–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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    [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 63 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    If I were in charge of a distro I'd push this as an update on April Fools Day

    Which is part of why I'd be a bad pick for the position XD

    [–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

    The commit will never be allowedπŸ˜‚

    [–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 42 points 3 days ago (9 children)

    Ubuntu has that dumb subscription to get security updates that pushed me away. Sure it was free for personal use, but I don't want to have to give my personal information to get updates that are created primarily by volunteer open source developers anyway.

    [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 days ago (25 children)

    What do you think canonical should charge for? They do put a ton of work into the linux eco system

    [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Y'know...this. I might not like it, and many of their choices are... questionable...

    ...but I think it's good we have some effort coming from full-time career paid Linux developers, rather than just sponsorship money from FOSS-leeches like "mEtA" and "aMaZoN."

    By simply not using Ubuntu, and ignoring the MOTD on my VM servers...I don't really feel affected by their actions in any meaningful way. And that makes me happy.

    As opposed to having to just accept whatever new footgun Microsoft wants to blast users with next.

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    [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

    Best I can do is:

    You must activate Linux within 30 days.

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    [–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Please provide your address, email address, phone number, and a scan of your ID card to activate Linux.

    [–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

    Maybe your bank login just in case.

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    [–] DelnitaCrane@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    Turn On Linux Backup Sign-in to your Linux Account to automatically save your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures to TuxDrive!

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    [–] beautiful_orca@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)
    [–] Saapas@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

    Release notes

    • Native windows support

    lol

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    [–] gari_9812@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago
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