France:

We’re moving to Linux and kicking Windows to the curb!

Also France:

Only we get to decide what you see on the internet in our borders, not you!

I’m personally running Artix with runit and things are fine so far, but as ChrisG pointed out, dinit is basically a drop-in replacement for systemd syntax-wise.

Although if you’re on Artix, you’ll need to enable Arch’s [extra] and [multilib] repos or you’ll run into dependency issues on some apps due to some packages not being available in the main Artix repos. I learned this when trying to install steam-native-runtime, there were some Python deps which weren’t available in the main Artix repos, but that were available in the Arch repos, if I’m remembering right.

Also, I recommend enabling the unofficial [liquorix] repo in order to get a newer kernel with more frequent updates than what Artix provides in their repos, eg. the default and zen kernels in the Artix repos lag a bit behind the lqx kernel from the [liquorix] repo, and I still recommend enabling [chaotic-aur] as a convenience repo on any Arch distro.

I also switched to MATE from KDE out of concern that KDE could end up following GNOME’s path after SDDM is deprecated, plus I just wanted a lighter and different desktop, that and MATE’s default two-panel layout is completely usable from stock although you might wanna set the panels to auto-hide to maximize screen space.

One more reason to be glad I left that shithole. Also, expect Redlib to finally be killed off soon.

I hope the alt inits or even the hardware itself aren’t targeted next.

No, or at least I hope it don’t. DOS never had user accounts to begin with as it was always single-user, or at least the variants everyone is familiar with (MS-DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS). There was a short-lived Multiuser DOS sold by Novell, but none of us on this thread have probably ever even seen it in the wild let alone heard of it outside of a wiki page.

The only way you could’ve locked others out of your DOS PC back when that platform was relevant, was to physically lock them out of turning your PC on while you were away, to which there were multiple keyed power switch locks to do exactly this sold, and even then, this only applied to either the original 5150, XT, or AT, or clones thereof which used the original-style PSU with the big switch on the side of the case, as outside of physically locking people out of your PC with a power switch lock, there was no user control back then.

Oh, an addendum to this, the original AT also had a keyboard lock built in so you could also straight-up disable the keyboard if you were away and lock others out that way, in addition to installing a power switch lock on the side. Basically, the only form of user control you had in the DOS era was a physical lock of some kind, as you have no user accounts to lock out to begin with on that platform.

Just host a bare git repo.

GOS just partnered up with Motorola/Lenovo a couple days ago.

They make their own ARM silicon for datacenters, hypothetically they could just scale that down for consumer devices and there’s your vertical integration.

Conversely if Apple ever wants to enter the datacenter market, they could scale their M-series silicon up to meet that industry’s demands as well.

Windows will probably become a thin client/cloud OS as MS is already making moves in that direction with Windows 365 thin clients that were recently announced, and the fact that Win12 could be subscription-based.

I could easily see MS phasing out local Windows installs altogether in favor of a lower consumer-oriented Windows 365 subscription tier tied to the cheapest thin clients possible at some point.

Another thing that could hypothetically be done given NK does this already so there’s precedent as far as this goes, is any given government could make their own Red Star OS equivalent, and then have that as the only state-approved distro

The only platforms for now where this might work are Windows, macOS, iOS, and stock Android, however as Muta hypothesized, if this extends to hardware-level, a law could just mandate SecureBoot and lock out the ability to implement custom keys, and then only allow a short list of state-approved OSes to boot on the hardware, which no doubt Windows would be on that short list.

Similarly, all non-Apple mobile devices as an extension to that could be locked exclusively to stock Android, eliminating custom ROMs like LineageOS or GrapheneOS as an option entirely, let alone mobile Linux distros.

Walmart already locks their computers and other pricey tech up in cabinets for anti-theft reasons.

Good thing LibreWolf exists.

Age-gated vids are login-walled full stop, and I won’t be surprised if the rest of the site gets login-walled at some point too, in addition to the implementation of DRM so you can’t download YT vids anymore, nor use alt clients.

Use one of the few Invidious instances that still exist while that’s still an option, although I have a bad feeling this sorta thing is screwing with Invidious too because I’ve had a few streams corrupt when skipping through the vid before.

Grayjay is also an option, while it’s still an option.

And Invidious, FreeTube, and Grayjay, and potentially even Odysee, PeerTube, and Rumble.

Not to mention the ramifications it might have beyond video and potentially affect the very concept of fan works. Like, imagine if some innocent fanart you drew and posted to, say, Mastodon or Pixelfed, or even to Bsky for that matter, is now a DMCA violation if this ruling is extended to apply to that sorta thing too.

30sec IIRC.

What if you downloaded your own videos to post to Odysee or PeerTube now in an attempt to at least have them on a non-Google platform? Will that be a DMCA violation even if you’re the one who made those videos in the first place?

Similarly, could something like this also put the existence of alternative video platforms like the aforementioned Odysee and PeerTube at risk too?

Also, could this have implications for fan works now too?

Bazzite has newer drivers, ditto for CachyOS Handheld Edition for another SteamOS clone.

If possible, maybe get a separate machine to throw Windows on and then keep your personal rig on Linux?