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Devils advocate - you might be getting extra layer of testing, by the “derived” distro testing community.
I mean if they do any, it may be more focussed on the combo of setup and software you prefer.
So a small reduction in risk of bugs?

I thnik ubuntu did have a pupose in 2002 or whenever - it was a step foward in ease of install, and out of the box experience, esp. for noobs.
Now most have that, including stock debian. even arch comes with the idspispopd script these days.

also if you “need” the data on SCSI.
2 backups are recommended anyway, but esp before fdisking around with partitions.

haha, that is cool

good cross platforms too.
I’ve used it from win, osx, linux, android.
It just finds the DLNA and CIFS shares from my nas so naturally in the library - better than thunar.
I just wish my “smart” TV had it.

Yeah, though previously you did have k-lite codec pack, and media player classic (i’m talking win 2k / xp days)

VLC did just dominate though.

because you chose canonical over debian.

give stock debian a try

just go stock debian xfce, keep it simple.

It’s what my 70 year old mother is perfectly happy with for several years since I told her to drop lubuntu.

install flatpack +flathub f you want even more app convenience.

thanks, that might actually explain it.
I always thought those fees were tiny vs the price of the os.
But i guess they’re probably only charging dell a small amount on a pre install.

They could still put a codec pack in the store though and have the user pay a few quid for it - or whatever.

Sorry i wasn’t clear about my point - I’m pretty sure I could get windows to play a dvd if i really wanted to.
But all i needed to do was prove that the dvd drive wasnt broken, and a live linux mint usb did that in 3 extremely “complicated” minutes.

My actual question was more like:
" how come - if windows is so simple and so much easier to use and set up for normal users - she couldn’t do something she’d been accustomed to doing for years."

The windows software centre or whatever it is was not keen to offer VLC, didn’t seem to mention it, but it was very keen to tell her she could buy the film from MS store or something affilliated.

anyway, it’s ok, i think the next dude has given some interesting info.

Can you explain to my sister why she can’t play DVDs on her brand new laptop that she paid a fortune for that came with windows.

She’s not a complete idiot. probably average maybe slightly above-average.
She was on the verge of RMA-ing her perfectly functional DVD drive though.

I’d gladly remove every car from the roads that is not carrying a sofa, table or desk.

I think your argument works if someone is stealing the beef.

If they are buying it then that is directly funding that “90%”.

not globally

ballbag end

“clean energy” . . . :)
this idea of “clean” electricity seems to makes people think they can use as much electricity as they like even when its marginally all generated with gas or coal…

Like a 30-50% “clean” grid can magically double in capacity to accomodate every cnts tesla charging and new heating loads without more fossil fuel gen.

“oh that doesn’t matter it will be 100% renewable soon.”
" oh what no, I didn’t mean you can build a nuclear powerstation there, can’t they build it in india or china or africa and ship the power to us?"
“no matter, we’ll invent cold fusion soon”

The difference between average vs marginal generation is something that a lot of electricity proselytes want to handwave away in order to keep selling energy intensive lifestyle and aspirations.

Its much harder to sell people a modest life, or a lower energy inensity - or a lower population density.

napoleon vs neopolitan icecream maybe ?

In rural Scotland (at least in Fife , Perth +Kinross) I noticed a lot of
60mph-40mph - 20mph - 40mph-60
sort of slow down buffer zone type things around villages.

Much better than 60 - 30-60 we normally have in England.
And noticeably quieter too.

I hope they carry on with that.
I think Wales did 20mph in all rural villages.

Fuck England.

We have a problem with testing.

“Management” identifies problem “testing” adds word “lead”.

Issues job advert, recruits, problem solved?

. . . third “testing lead” in 2 years . . . “it’s so hard to recruit”

D-pkg

it’s in a solid state