• Re: HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching Windoze for Linux

    From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 16, 2026 06:58:38
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 16, 2026 09:57:25
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?


    here's what google AI says..

    Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, and Lenovo are increasing
    Linux adoption to avoid high Windows licensing fees, forced bloatware,
    and restrictive Windows 11 hardware requirements. Starting in 2025/2026,
    HP plans to ship 40% of consumer laptops with Linux as the default to
    improve margins. These companies are leveraging Linux to offer better performance, security, and lower costs to consumers.

    Key Details on the Shift to Linux:

    ˙˙˙ HP's Shift: HP (the second-largest PC manufacturer) will make Linux
    the default on 40% of consumer laptops in Q3 2025, with Windows becoming
    a $75 premium upgrade. A 2024 pilot found that Linux laptops sold out
    rapidly with 81% lower support calls, high customer satisfaction (4.6
    stars), and 127% higher margins.

    ˙˙˙ Lenovo's Strategy: Lenovo already offers Ubuntu/Fedora on many
    ThinkPads, reducing costs by $100?$200 and certifying workstations for
    Linux.

    ˙˙˙ Dell's Action: Following successful pilot programs, Dell is
    preparing to offer Linux on more consumer laptops, with reports
    suggesting a coordinated strategy with other manufacturers to avoid
    Microsoft retaliation.

    ˙˙˙ Reasons for the Move:

    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Financial Margins: Windows licensing ($52?$68 per unit) and associated hardware costs for Windows 11 are impacting profitability.
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Performance: Linux provides better battery life and faster performance, particularly on older or less expensive hardware.
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ User Preference: A desire to eliminate ads, bloatware, and data collection associated with modern Windows.

    Note: While Linux adoption is growing, it is largely targeted at
    specific user bases (developers, budget-conscious consumers) and is not currently replacing Windows in the enterprise segment, although it is
    gaining traction there.



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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 16, 2026 10:23:52
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 16, 2026 15:32:58
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.


    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are ditching
    Windoze for Linux"

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 06:33:27
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are ditching Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely
    made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter case
    I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with that in the
    slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen
    Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my
    expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this since
    you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for
    establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini
    "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Windows?".

    Actually the Artificial Idiot doesn't seem to have understood since
    it seems to take Windows as meaning explicitly Windows 11 and talks
    about people switching from Win10 to Win11 as if that means
    adopting Windows. Anyway that alone contradicts the story that
    they're switching people to Linux instead, and it doesn't mention
    Linux at all (though it mentions Apple). In other words it's just a
    load of BS twisted in whatever way is most likely to make you
    satisfied. Absolutely ZERO substitute for a link to a trustworthy
    source!

    Artificial Idiocy:

    "Major PC manufacturers like HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus are driving
    Windows adoption - specifically Windows 11 - through a combination
    of "forced" hardware refreshes and the aggressive marketing of **AI
    PCs**.

    As of early 2026, the industry has shifted from selling "computers"
    to selling "AI-ready platforms." Here is how these four giants are
    increasing adoption:

    ## 1. Capitalizing on the Windows 10 "End-of-Life"

    The single biggest driver for adoption has been the **October 14,
    2025, end-of-support deadline** for Windows 10.

    * **Forced Upgrades:** Because Windows 11 has strict hardware
    requirements (like TPM 2.0), millions of older enterprise devices
    became obsolete overnight.
    * **Strategic Inventory Shifts:** Vendors like **Lenovo** and
    **HP** proactively shifted their stock to Windows 11-only devices
    throughout 2025, effectively removing Windows 10 as a purchase
    option for new buyers.
    * **Cost Management:** Manufacturers are positioning new Windows 11
    hardware as a cheaper alternative to paying Microsoft's **Extended
    Security Updates (ESU)** fees for aging Windows 10 fleets.

    ## 2. The Rise of "Copilot+ PCs"

    All four vendors have heavily leaned into Microsoft's **Copilot+**
    branding, which requires specialized hardware (Neural Processing
    Units or NPUs) that only runs on Windows 11.

    | Manufacturer | Key Strategy & Initiatives |
    | --- | --- |
    | **Lenovo** | Focused on "Aura Edition" and AI-forward ThinkPads.
    They led the market in 2025 by integrating AI across their entire
    stack, from consumer Yoga laptops to enterprise workstations. |
    | **HP** | Marketing the "EliteBook X" and "OmniBook" series as
    personal AI assistants. HP emphasizes **local AI processing**
    (running LLMs on-device) to appeal to privacy-conscious businesses.
    |
    | **Dell** | Positioning AI PCs as the "foundation for the Copilot
    era." Dell is targeting the commercial sector by showing how NPUs
    offload tasks from the CPU to increase battery life by up to **3x**
    compared to Windows 10. |
    | **Asus** | Pushing high-end innovation, like the **Zenbook DUO**
    (dual-screen), and leveraging AI to improve gaming performance in
    their ROG line to lure the enthusiast market toward Windows 11. |

    ## 3. Future-Proofing for "On-Device" AI

    The vendors are shifting the value proposition from raw speed to
    **"Efficiency and Privacy."**

    * **NPU Integration:** By including NPUs (Intel Core Ultra, AMD
    Ryzen AI, and Snapdragon X Elite), they are making Windows 11 the
    only viable platform for features like **Recall, Live Captions,**
    and **Windows Studio Effects.**
    * **Battery Life as a Hook:** Asus and Dell are specifically
    marketing "all-day" battery life (up to 20+ hours) on Windows 11
    ARM-based devices to compete with Apple's MacBook M-series, drawing
    users back into the Windows ecosystem.

    ## 4. Addressing Adoption Barriers

    To combat high upgrade costs and component shortages (like the
    2025-2026 RAM price hikes), these manufacturers are offering:

    * **Trade-in and Cashback:** Programs to lower the entry price of
    premium AI PCs.
    * **Managed Services:** Helping IT departments migrate legacy apps
    to Windows 11 via virtualization and containerization tools.

    ---

    ### Critical Context

    While shipments grew by over **9% in 2025**, the market faces a
    "hangover" in 2026. High memory prices and the "AI tax" (premium
    pricing for AI-capable laptops) are currently the biggest hurdles
    to mass-market adoption.

    **Would you like me to compare the specific AI features each of
    these brands has added to their flagship Windows 11 laptops?**"

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 08:06:31
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are ditching
    Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely
    made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter case
    I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with that in the
    slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen
    Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my
    expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this since
    you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for
    establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini
    "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Windows?".

    You should have asked "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Linux ?", stupid

    Woosh. Felix already posted his attempt at doing that. My point in
    asking the opposite is that AI will give you convincing waffle to
    support either argument depending on which way round you ask the
    question. It just strings together relevent snippets of text with
    no understanding of whether the end product is an accurate answer
    or not, so you don't really get a meaningful answer from it at all.
    Trying to validate a statement with it is therefore completely
    pointless.

    And when you do, you get this
    https://g.co/gemini/share/6352080327b3

    which says nothing about them doing it because Win11 is shit

    It also says nothing remotely new since most of those statements
    are about Linux support on the brand's high-end systems which has
    been going on for decades. Obviously nothing like them "ditching
    Windoze for Linux" any more than a decade ago, but that doesn't
    mean it's not true, just that the AI hasn't dug up whatever info
    inspired the OP (if they weren't just trolling).

    You might as well post a link to a page of irrelevent search
    results and say "there's a link!". It's the same thing, just with
    the irrelevent results mangled up in the form of a reply. Still
    useless to confirm or deny the original assertion.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 11:11:51
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default >>>>>> I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly >>>>>> the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are ditching >>>>> Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely
    made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter case
    I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with that in the
    slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen
    Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my
    expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this since
    you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for
    establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini
    "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Windows?".

    You should have asked "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing
    adoption of
    Linux ?", stupid

    Woosh.

    You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    Felix already posted his attempt at doing that. My point in
    asking the opposite is that AI will give you convincing waffle to
    support either argument depending on which way round you ask the
    question.

    That's not supporting either arguement, its providing
    the detail about those two completely different questions

    Indeed. Felix posted a response about them shifting to Linux,
    my AI response described how they're still trying to attract people
    to Windows. That contradicts Felix's response. I'm saying that
    posting the AI nonsense was pointless, it's making up strategies
    for those companies out of random info instead of linking to where
    the companies have described their strategies themselves. But that's
    gone over your head apparantly.

    It just strings together relevent snippets of text with
    no understanding of whether the end product is an accurate answer
    or not, so you don't really get a meaningful answer from it at all.

    Yours is mindless bullshit with both questions

    Trying to validate a statement with it is therefore completely
    pointless.

    More of your mindless bullshit. It answered both questions
    very well.

    And when you do, you get this
    https://g.co/gemini/share/6352080327b3

    which says nothing about them doing it because Win11 is shit

    It also says nothing remotely new

    No one said anything about new, but both do give
    the evidence available for both questions and do
    that with just the one question in both cases.

    "Ditching Windoze" is obviously new.

    Your stupid alternative approach doesnt provide
    any extra information on both questions

    My approach of asking for a link? Yeah, that doesn't involve lots
    of pointless and distracting extra information, and all the better
    for it.

    since most of those statements
    are about Linux support on the brand's high-end systems which has
    been going on for decades.

    But does provide more information about what
    extra they are doing now, particularly with the
    new approach of preinstalling it on the hardware
    so you don't have to fart around supporting all
    the features of the hardware because they do
    that for you

    Obviously nothing like them "ditching
    Windoze for Linux" any more than a decade ago, but that doesn't
    mean it's not true, just that the AI hasn't dug up whatever info
    inspired the OP (if they weren't just trolling).

    Of course he was just trolling and your approach of not using Ai
    doesnt provide anything that supports his pathetic excuse for a troll

    My idea was if he's not trolling he posts a link. Felix's AI
    nonsense posing as support for his argument is just noise.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 16:43:01
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an >>>>>>>>>> obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default >>>>>>>> I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly >>>>>>>> the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are
    ditching Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely
    made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter case >>>>>> I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with that in the >>>>>> slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen
    Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my
    expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this since >>>>>> you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for
    establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini
    "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Windows?".

    You should have asked "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing >>>>> adoption of Linux ?", stupid

    Woosh.

    You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    Felix already posted his attempt at doing that. My point in
    asking the opposite is that AI will give you convincing waffle to
    support either argument depending on which way round you ask the
    question.

    That's not supporting either arguement, its providing
    the detail about those two completely different questions

    Indeed. Felix posted a response about them shifting to Linux,

    And that showed that the reason they are doing that has
    nothing whatever to do with Win11 being shit and is in
    fact due to better margins when they dont have to pay
    Microsoft for Win11

    my AI response described how they're still trying to attract people
    to Windows.

    Which is completely irrelevant to what we are discussing

    It implies they're not ditching Windows (or "shifting to Linux"),
    obviously.

    That contradicts Felix's response.

    Bullshit it does

    I'm saying that posting the AI nonsense was pointless,

    Bullshit given it does say why those companys are into
    making it easier for those who are happy with linux to
    have their new hardware run that

    it's making up strategies for those companies

    Bullshit is

    out of random info

    More mindless bullshit from you

    instead of linking to where the companieshave described their
    strategies themselves.

    That isnt available

    But that's gone over your head apparantly.

    You have never had a fucking clue and can
    never bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    It just strings together relevent snippets of text with
    no understanding of whether the end product is an accurate answer
    or not, so you don't really get a meaningful answer from it at all.

    Yours is mindless bullshit with both questions

    Trying to validate a statement with it is therefore completely
    pointless.

    More of your mindless bullshit. It answered both questions
    very well.

    And when you do, you get this
    https://g.co/gemini/share/6352080327b3

    which says nothing about them doing it because Win11 is shit

    It also says nothing remotely new

    No one said anything about new, but both do give
    the evidence available for both questions and do
    that with just the one question in both cases.

    "Ditching Windoze" is obviously new.

    They aren't ditching windows, they are JUST making
    it easier for those who want to run linux on their new
    hardware to do that by allowing them to have it preinstalled

    That's not news, those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades. It's irrelevent to the
    claim they're "Ditching Windoze".

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 08:06:51
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an >>>>>>>>>>>> obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by >>>>>>>>>> default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to >>>>>>>>>> research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is >>>>>>>>>> exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are >>>>>>>>> ditching Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely >>>>>>>> made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter case >>>>>>>> I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with that in the >>>>>>>> slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen
    Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my >>>>>>>> expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this since >>>>>>>> you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for >>>>>>>> establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini >>>>>>>> "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of
    Windows?".

    You should have asked "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing >>>>>>> adoption of Linux ?", stupid

    Woosh.

    You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    Felix already posted his attempt at doing that. My point in
    asking the opposite is that AI will give you convincing waffle to
    support either argument depending on which way round you ask the
    question.

    That's not supporting either arguement, its providing
    the detail about those two completely different questions

    Indeed. Felix posted a response about them shifting to Linux,

    And that showed that the reason they are doing that has
    nothing whatever to do with Win11 being shit and is in
    fact due to better margins when they dont have to pay
    Microsoft for Win11

    my AI response described how they're still trying to attract people
    to Windows.

    Which is completely irrelevant to what we are discussing

    It implies they're not ditching Windows (or "shifting to Linux"),
    obviously.

    And felix's question does that much more clearly

    That contradicts Felix's response.

    Bullshit it does

    I'm saying that posting the AI nonsense was pointless,

    Bullshit given it does say why those companys are into
    making it easier for those who are happy with linux to
    have their new hardware run that

    it's making up strategies for those companies

    Bullshit is

    out of random info

    More mindless bullshit from you

    instead of linking to where the companieshave described their
    strategies themselves.

    That isnt available

    But that's gone over your head apparantly.

    You have never had a fucking clue and can
    never bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    It just strings together relevent snippets of text with
    no understanding of whether the end product is an accurate answer
    or not, so you don't really get a meaningful answer from it at all.

    Yours is mindless bullshit with both questions

    Trying to validate a statement with it is therefore completely
    pointless.

    More of your mindless bullshit. It answered both questions
    very well.

    And when you do, you get this
    https://g.co/gemini/share/6352080327b3

    which says nothing about them doing it because Win11 is shit

    It also says nothing remotely new

    No one said anything about new, but both do give
    the evidence available for both questions and do
    that with just the one question in both cases.

    "Ditching Windoze" is obviously new.

    They aren't ditching windows, they are JUST making
    it easier for those who want to run linux on their new
    hardware to do that by allowing them to have it preinstalled

    That's not news,

    No one said it was

    What, so if someone posts that there's been a great fire in London
    you'll say you heard about it in school? Obviously the post implies
    that it's news.

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    Bullshit they have

    Shows what you know. ASUS sold the EeePC 701 with Linux as the only pre-installed OS option in 2007, before they later added a Windows
    option. HP and Dell also then offered Red Hat and SUSE Linux for
    their high end servers and workstation lines like HP's Z series and
    Dell's XPS which your AI answer talked about. Lenovo took over the
    Thinkpad line from IBM who first "certified" a Thinkpad model for
    SUSE Linux way back in 1998. Although Lenovo have flip-flopped with
    offering the Linux option over the years according to Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkpad#Operating_systems

    It's irrelevent to the claim they're "Ditching Windoze".

    Which is what felix's AI responce said, fuckwit

    It said quite the opposite - describing them "shifting" to Linux.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 19, 2026 08:19:13
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an >>>>>>>>>>>>>> obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by >>>>>>>>>>>> default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to >>>>>>>>>>>> research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is >>>>>>>>>>>> exactly the same situation as with the original post.

    you won't find a link that says "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, are >>>>>>>>>>> ditching Windoze for Linux"

    I didn't think it was a quote. The statement is either completely >>>>>>>>>> made up or based on information from somewhere. In the latter >>>>>>>>>> case I'd like to know where. Your AI babble didn't help with >>>>>>>>>> that in the slightest.

    If there's no link then I'll figure it's not true. The "Nomen >>>>>>>>>> Nescio"s who post from Dizum rarely post replies so that was my >>>>>>>>>> expected outcome anyway.

    Although I really should give up arguing with you about this >>>>>>>>>> since
    you're clearly a lost cause, just to show how pointless AI is for >>>>>>>>>> establishing such things one way or another I asked Google Gemini >>>>>>>>>> "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus increasing adoption of >>>>>>>>>> Windows?".

    You should have asked "How are HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus
    increasing adoption of Linux ?", stupid

    Woosh.

    You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    Felix already posted his attempt at doing that. My point in
    asking the opposite is that AI will give you convincing waffle to >>>>>>>> support either argument depending on which way round you ask the >>>>>>>> question.

    That's not supporting either arguement, its providing
    the detail about those two completely different questions

    Indeed. Felix posted a response about them shifting to Linux,

    And that showed that the reason they are doing that has
    nothing whatever to do with Win11 being shit and is in
    fact due to better margins when they dont have to pay
    Microsoft for Win11

    my AI response described how they're still trying to attract people >>>>>> to Windows.

    Which is completely irrelevant to what we are discussing

    It implies they're not ditching Windows (or "shifting to Linux"),
    obviously.

    And felix's question does that much more clearly

    That contradicts Felix's response.

    Bullshit it does

    I'm saying that posting the AI nonsense was pointless,

    Bullshit given it does say why those companys are into
    making it easier for those who are happy with linux to
    have their new hardware run that

    it's making up strategies for those companies

    Bullshit it is

    out of random info

    More mindless bullshit from you

    instead of linking to where the companieshave described their
    strategies themselves.

    That isnt available

    But that's gone over your head apparantly.

    You have never had a fucking clue and can
    never bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    It just strings together relevent snippets of text with
    no understanding of whether the end product is an accurate answer >>>>>>>> or not, so you don't really get a meaningful answer from it at all.

    Yours is mindless bullshit with both questions

    Trying to validate a statement with it is therefore completely >>>>>>>> pointless.

    More of your mindless bullshit. It answered both questions
    very well.

    And when you do, you get this
    https://g.co/gemini/share/6352080327b3

    which says nothing about them doing it because Win11 is shit

    It also says nothing remotely new

    No one said anything about new, but both do give
    the evidence available for both questions and do
    that with just the one question in both cases.

    "Ditching Windoze" is obviously new.

    They aren't ditching windows, they are JUST making
    it easier for those who want to run linux on their new
    hardware to do that by allowing them to have it preinstalled

    That's not news,

    No one said it was

    What, so if someone posts that there's been a great fire in London
    you'll say you heard about it in school? Obviously the post implies
    that it's news.

    No one said it was

    Yes implications are above you, I know.

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    Bullshit they have

    Shows what you know.

    We'll see...

    ASUS sold the EeePC 701 with Linux as the only
    pre-installed OS option in 2007, before they later added a Windows
    option. HP and Dell also then offered Red Hat and SUSE Linux for
    their high end servers and workstation lines like HP's Z series

    We aren't discussing high end stuff

    You did with your Google Gemini link which talked about Z and XPS.

    and Dell's XPS which your AI answer talked about. Lenovo took over the
    Thinkpad line from IBM who first "certified" a Thinkpad model for
    SUSE Linux way back in 1998. Although Lenovo have flip-flopped with
    offering the Linux option over the years according to Wikipedia:

    So your claim is mindless bullshit, as always

    Nope, been happening since the 2000s, and Lenovo's current Linux
    "strategy" has been running since 2020. It's nothing like them now
    deciding to "ditch Windoze".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkpad#Operating_systems

    It's irrelevent to the claim they're "Ditching Windoze".

    Which is what felix's AI responce said, fuckwit

    It said quite the opposite - describing them "shifting" to Linux.

    It doesnt say they are shifting, it said they are ADDING
    that option for those who prefer it in normal systems

    You obviously don't bother reading Felix's AI BS either.

    It said:

    "Key Details on the Shift to Linux:"

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 07:57:16
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    And that did prove that the troll was crap in every respect,
    both proving that those operations were not in fact ditching
    win11 and had nothing to do with it being shit, much more
    effectively than googling both questions would have done

    No, it said this:

    "Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, and Lenovo are increasing
    Linux adoption to avoid high Windows licensing fees, forced bloatware,
    and restrictive Windows 11 hardware requirements."

    That's exactly the process of "ditching Windoze". In reality
    they're presumably just offering tucked-away Linux options like
    they've been doing for ages, not "increasing Linux adoption" due
    to issues with Windows. But it's AI BS which can never "prove"
    anything either way, and in this case is completely misleading.
    Posting it to Usenet is worse than useless.

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 14:19:56
    On 17/03/2026 6:12 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From jonz@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 16:19:46
    On 16-Mar-26 5:18 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, and Lenovo are increasing
    Linux adoption to avoid high Windows licensing fees, forced bloatware,
    and restrictive Windows 11 hardware requirements.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Starting in 2025/2026, HP plans to ship 40% of consumer laptops with
    Linux as the default to improve margins. These companies are
    leveraging Linux to offer better performance, security, and lower
    costs to consumers.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Key Details on the Shift to Linux:

    HP's Shift: HP (the second-largest PC manufacturer) will make Linux
    the default on 40% of consumer laptops in Q3 2025, with Windows
    becoming a $75 premium upgrade. A 2024 pilot found that Linux laptops
    sold out rapidly with 81% lower support calls, high customer
    satisfaction (4.6 stars), and 127% higher margins.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    ˙Lenovo's Strategy: Lenovo already offers Ubuntu/Fedora on many
    ThinkPads, reducing costs by $100?$200 and certifying workstations for
    Linux.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Dell's Action: Following successful pilot programs, Dell is preparing
    to offer Linux on more consumer laptops, with reports suggesting a
    coordinated strategy with other manufacturers to avoid Microsoft
    retaliation.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    ˙˙˙˙ Reasons for the Move:

    Financial Margins: Windows licensing ($52?$68 per unit) and associated
    hardware costs for Windows 11 are impacting profitability.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Performance: Linux provides better battery life and faster
    performance, particularly on older or less expensive hardware.

    We aren't discussing older or less expensive hardware.

    User Preference: A desire to eliminate ads, bloatware, and data
    collection associated with modern Windows.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Note: While Linux adoption is growing, it is largely targeted at
    specific user bases (developers, budget-conscious consumers) and is
    not currently replacing Windows in the enterprise segment, although it
    is gaining traction there.

    So clearly not because Win11 is shit
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    I`ve been using Win11 for years, with no complaints!.
    well, one dud upgrade. (easily fixed) <shrug>


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    difficult to redirect, awe inspiring, entertaining and a source of mind boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it!!!!. Gene Spafford

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From jonz@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, March 21, 2026 16:44:51
    On 20-Mar-26 4:34 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
    jonz <Nothere@oroverthere.com> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, and Lenovo are increasing
    Linux adoption to avoid high Windows licensing fees, forced
    bloatware, and restrictive Windows 11 hardware requirements.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Starting in 2025/2026, HP plans to ship 40% of consumer laptops with
    Linux as the default to improve margins. These companies are
    leveraging Linux to offer better performance, security, and lower
    costs to consumers.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Key Details on the Shift to Linux:

    HP's Shift: HP (the second-largest PC manufacturer) will make Linux
    the default on 40% of consumer laptops in Q3 2025, with Windows
    becoming a $75 premium upgrade. A 2024 pilot found that Linux
    laptops sold out rapidly with 81% lower support calls, high customer
    satisfaction (4.6 stars), and 127% higher margins.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    ˙Lenovo's Strategy: Lenovo already offers Ubuntu/Fedora on many
    ThinkPads, reducing costs by $100?$200 and certifying workstations
    for Linux.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Dell's Action: Following successful pilot programs, Dell is
    preparing to offer Linux on more consumer laptops, with reports
    suggesting a coordinated strategy with other manufacturers to avoid
    Microsoft retaliation.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    ˙˙˙˙ Reasons for the Move:

    Financial Margins: Windows licensing ($52?$68 per unit) and
    associated hardware costs for Windows 11 are impacting profitability.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Performance: Linux provides better battery life and faster
    performance, particularly on older or less expensive hardware.

    ˙We aren't discussing older or less expensive hardware.

    User Preference: A desire to eliminate ads, bloatware, and data
    collection associated with modern Windows.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    Note: While Linux adoption is growing, it is largely targeted at
    specific user bases (developers, budget-conscious consumers) and is
    not currently replacing Windows in the enterprise segment, although
    it is gaining traction there.

    ˙So clearly not because Win11 is shit

    I`ve been using Win11 for years, with no complaints!.

    Me too and it better than all the previous versions

    well, one dud upgrade. (easily fixed) <shrug>

    I haven't had that either
    ~~~~~~~~~~

    Was no biggie, just deleted and carried on. ;)


    --
    Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea--Massive,
    difficult to redirect, awe inspiring, entertaining and a source of mind boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it!!!!. Gene Spafford

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 22, 2026 16:20:05
    On 20/03/2026 3:31 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    ˙Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    The original troll wasn't just talking about Dell

    The title of this thread is "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching Windoze for Linux", I seem to see Dell in there somewhere.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 22, 2026 21:16:12
    On 22/03/2026 5:10 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    ˙Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    ˙The original troll wasn't just talking about Dell

    The title of this thread is "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching Windoze
    for Linux", I seem to see Dell in there somewhere.

    But are so fucking stupid that you can't even manage to
    work out that Dell is nothing even remotely like THOSE

    Nothing like "HP, DELL, Lenovo, Asus", you've gone blind in your old age.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 23, 2026 13:59:56
    On 22/03/2026 11:49 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    ˙Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    ˙The original troll wasn't just talking about Dell

    The title of this thread is "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching Windoze
    for Linux", I seem to see Dell in there somewhere.

    ˙But are so fucking stupid that you can't even manage to
    work out that Dell is nothing even remotely like THOSE

    Nothing like "HP, DELL, Lenovo, Asus", you've gone blind in your old age.

    That's not ALL, fuckwit

    So you're deaf as well then.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Monday, March 23, 2026 22:07:05
    On 23/03/2026 5:48 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    ˙Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    ˙The original troll wasn't just talking about Dell

    The title of this thread is "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching
    Windoze for Linux", I seem to see Dell in there somewhere.

    ˙But are so fucking stupid that you can't even manage to
    work out that Dell is nothing even remotely like THOSE

    Nothing like "HP, DELL, Lenovo, Asus", you've gone blind in your
    old˙˙ age.

    ˙That's not ALL, fuckwit

    So you're deaf as well then.

    That's not ALL, fuckwit

    Immobile too?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 22:05:44
    On 24/03/2026 12:04 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

    those brands have all been offering selected
    models with Linux pre-installed for decades.

    ˙Bullshit they have

    Dell have offered the option of pre-installed Linux for years.

    ˙The original troll wasn't just talking about Dell

    The title of this thread is "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching
    Windoze for Linux", I seem to see Dell in there somewhere.

    But are so fucking stupid that you can't even manage to
    work out that Dell is nothing even remotely like THOSE

    Nothing like "HP, DELL, Lenovo, Asus", you've gone blind in your
    old˙˙ age.

    ˙That's not ALL, fuckwit

    So you're deaf as well then.

    ˙That's not ALL, fuckwit

    Immobile too?

    What a terminal fuckwit you have always been, pommy fuckwit

    Roddy baby, you a funny guy.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 16:10:43
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.

    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim, though
    both talked lots of rubbish.

    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled

    Which is nothing like what the usage share percentage would be if
    HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus ditched their Windows options. Though
    if they had chosen to do that now, who knows whether it was after
    your unspecified "analysts" came up with that figure, so it's
    irrelevent to whether the claim is true or not.

    A news link here AI will fact check it <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

    Why the hell would I want AI to fact check it when the article
    itself links to the source? Talk about forgetting how to think for
    yourself... Anyway the stats are about OS usage in the USA a year
    ago, not anything to support "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching
    Windoze", just that a small few of their users are probably
    choosing to do that.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 07:40:32
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 25 Mar 2026 16:10:43 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.

    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim, though
    both talked lots of rubbish.

    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled

    Which is nothing like what the usage share percentage would be if
    HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus ditched their Windows options. Though
    if they had chosen to do that now, who knows whether it was after
    your unspecified "analysts" came up with that figure, so it's
    irrelevent to whether the claim is true or not.

    A news link here AI will fact check it
    <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

    Why the hell would I want AI to fact check it when the article
    itself links to the source? Talk about forgetting how to think for >>yourself... Anyway the stats are about OS usage in the USA a year
    ago, not anything to support "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching
    Windoze", just that a small few of their users are probably
    choosing to do that.

    AI can factcheck them looking a Data sources https://share.google/aimode/jft3FIVmrpPcu9ti3
    fact check https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html
    Answer
    According to data cited in the LinuxInsider article, Linux desktop
    usage reached a record 5.03% in the U.S. and 4.1% worldwide by June
    2025, driven by improved web application support and dissatisfaction
    with Windows hardware requirements.

    Ha! Your Artificial Idiot doesn't even tell you where the data
    originally came from, which even a real idiot could easily spot in
    the article. What an absolute waste of bytes! Like Felix you're
    only proving how useless these AI responses are.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 08:45:59
    Petzl wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled
    by privacy focus, gaming improvements (e.g., Steam Proton), and
    enterprise shifts.
    While not dominating consumer desktops, it's "the year" for pros
    ditching Windows/macOS,
    A news link here AI will fact check it <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire. it
    will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 08:56:46
    Petzl wrote:
    On 25 Mar 2026 16:10:43 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim, though
    both talked lots of rubbish.

    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled
    Which is nothing like what the usage share percentage would be if
    HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus ditched their Windows options. Though
    if they had chosen to do that now, who knows whether it was after
    your unspecified "analysts" came up with that figure, so it's
    irrelevent to whether the claim is true or not.

    A news link here AI will fact check it
    <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes
    Why the hell would I want AI to fact check it when the article
    itself links to the source? Talk about forgetting how to think for
    yourself... Anyway the stats are about OS usage in the USA a year
    ago, not anything to support "HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus ditching
    Windoze", just that a small few of their users are probably
    choosing to do that.

    AI can factcheck them looking a Data sources https://share.google/aimode/jft3FIVmrpPcu9ti3
    fact check https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html
    Answer
    According to data cited in the LinuxInsider article, Linux desktop
    usage reached a record 5.03% in the U.S. and 4.1% worldwide by June
    2025, driven by improved web application support and dissatisfaction
    with Windows hardware requirements. While this represents a
    significant increase, the assertion that the "Year of the Linux
    Desktop" has fully arrived is considered part of an ongoing debate
    rather than a finalized, universally accepted milestone. For more,
    read the full story at LinuxInsider.

    I'm very happy with Linux. it's easier and simpler to do things, and I
    have apps for everything I want to do, and all for fee. I've cancelled
    apps I was paying for for windows, so saving money. and those windoze
    apps make you rent them by paying an annual subscription. not like it
    used to be when you paid once and owned the app. a team of wild horses couldn't drag me back to windoze!

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 08:57:48
    Petzl wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:29:41 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim,
    Not possible to do that with a pathetic excuse for a troll, stupid

    But the AI did blow the original stupid troll
    completely out of the fucking water, stupid

    though both talked lots of rubbish.
    More of your mindless bullshit with the only
    claims made in the original stupid troll
    Well here's what AI KNOWS about Rod Speed https://www.perplexity.ai/search/rod-speed-usenet-troll-iBra.u6iSuy..0dwUJuvhQ
    Reputation in Usenet
    Rod Speed gained notoriety for posting under multiple names to evade
    filters, sparking endless arguments rather than genuine discussion.
    While some defend him as merely "argumentative" rather than a
    deliberate troll, others call him a "senile sociopath" or "arsehole"
    for derailing threads. This aligns with classic Usenet trolling traits
    like long, miscontextualized replies that drain productive
    conversation.

    LOL


    "The Rod Speed Bot" ask him something like in person https://www.sensationbot.com/jschat.php?db=rodspeed

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 08:04:40
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME

    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?

    here's what google AI says..

    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which isexactly >>>> the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.

    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.

    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim,

    Not possible to do that with a pathetic excuse for a troll, stupid

    Which was exactly what I expected (as I said): No link being
    confirmation it's just a dumb troll post. I didn't want some
    idiotic AI response claiming the same BS with vastly more waffle
    and still no facts to verify since there are none in the first
    place. Feeding that AI BS at me is just a hindrance to
    establishing whether or not the claim is true.

    But the AI did blow the original stupid troll
    completely out of the fucking water, stupid

    Yeah, Felix's AI response blew the troll out of the water by
    out-trolling it with volumes of BS also claiming that the brands
    are shifting to Linux when they're not. Much more effective
    trolling than that human troll, but equally inaccurate. As
    evidenced by how it claimed they were doing the opposite when I
    asked it the opposite question.

    In reality the only shifting is being done by a small minority of
    individual users. It seems those brands are _not_ now shifting them
    one way or the other any different to what they've been doing for
    ages, and they certainly aren't trying to ditch Windows altogether,
    which would be a massive event.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 09:42:23
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which isexactly
    the same situation as with the original post.
    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim,
    Not possible to do that with a pathetic excuse for a troll, stupid
    Which was exactly what I expected (as I said): No link being
    confirmation it's just a dumb troll post. I didn't want some
    idiotic AI response claiming the same BS with vastly more waffle
    and still no facts to verify since there are none in the first
    place. Feeding that AI BS at me is just a hindrance to
    establishing whether or not the claim is true.

    But the AI did blow the original stupid troll
    completely out of the fucking water, stupid
    Yeah, Felix's AI response blew the troll out of the water by
    out-trolling it with volumes of BS also claiming that the brands
    are shifting to Linux when they're not.

    what reply?

    Much more effective
    trolling than that human troll, but equally inaccurate. As
    evidenced by how it claimed they were doing the opposite when I
    asked it the opposite question.

    In reality the only shifting is being done by a small minority of
    individual users. It seems those brands are _not_ now shifting them
    one way or the other any different to what they've been doing for
    ages, and they certainly aren't trying to ditch Windows altogether,
    which would be a massive event.



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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 14:26:38
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default >>>>>> I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which isexactly >>>>>> the same situation as with the original post.
    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby >>>>> steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Neither offered a decent link to validate the original claim,
    Not possible to do that with a pathetic excuse for a troll, stupid
    Which was exactly what I expected (as I said): No link being
    confirmation it's just a dumb troll post. I didn't want some
    idiotic AI response claiming the same BS with vastly more waffle
    and still no facts to verify since there are none in the first
    place. Feeding that AI BS at me is just a hindrance to
    establishing whether or not the claim is true.

    But the AI did blow the original stupid troll
    completely out of the fucking water, stupid
    Yeah, Felix's AI response blew the troll out of the water by
    out-trolling it with volumes of BS also claiming that the brands
    are shifting to Linux when they're not.

    what reply?

    The first one you posted in the thread of course, with the AI BS
    claiming those manufacturers are trying to shift people to Linux
    which it just made up out of irrelevent info.

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 27, 2026 17:22:16
    On 26/03/2026 7:45 am, Axel wrote:
    Petzl wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled
    by privacy focus, gaming improvements (e.g., Steam Proton), and
    enterprise shifts.
    While not dominating consumer desktops, it's "the year" for pros
    ditching Windows/macOS,
    A news link here AI will fact check it
    <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-
    this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙ https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire. it will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    "AI" is wrecking the web. It costs money to run a web site, and site
    owners usually rely on advertising to cover their costs. The amount that
    they can charge for advertising depends on the number of page views.
    With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the information,
    and the site gets no views. It's a vicious circle, the web sites don't
    get enough revenue to continue, the "AIs" don't have the information to
    steal, and get even worse than they are now.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, March 28, 2026 08:53:01
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote:
    On 26/03/2026 7:45 am, Axel wrote:
    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire. it
    will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    "AI" is wrecking the web.

    I agree, although I consider it a separate topic. Posting
    nonsensical AI rubbish to Usenet is wrecking Usenet, which I think
    is a more relevent issue to point out here to the people doing it.

    Mind you Felix and Petzl seem to have taken that as a challenge to
    annoy me by doing it anyway. So if they keep it up I might just
    killfile them since dealing with trying to decode whether there's
    truth in these AI claims is much harder and more distracting than
    reading human replies, and it pisses me off more in the end.

    It costs money to run a web site, and site
    owners usually rely on advertising to cover their costs. The amount that they can charge for advertising depends on the number of page views.
    With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the information,
    and the site gets no views.

    Well no. True the site gets no ad views because the AI doesn't load
    the ads, but I know for a fact the scrapers don't visit anything
    like "once". In fact the problem is they visit at least every minute
    or two. "AmazonBot" has been hitting my sites 1-3 times a second for
    over a year. Other more abusive crawlers don't say who they are and
    use pools of thousands of random IP addresses to send requests from
    to avoid blocking. One was hitting one of my sites with millions of
    requests a day, fixated on trying endless different strings in a
    specific session variable on some dynamically-generated pages. It
    was neat to see how litterally one of the cheapest VPSs available
    anywhere could take that load, but eventually the number of
    simultaneous requests ramped up until it ran out of its 1GB RAM and
    I had to take that part of the site down until I worked out a way
    of blocking those requests. The requests continued for a few days
    in spite of only getting a 503 error response back. Hundreds of
    requests per second, which it coped with then since it didn't have
    to load the PHP module each time and therefore the memory usage per
    request was much less than before.

    Another issue is I can't keep Web access logs for long anymore
    since they fill up the storage, and I had to add a logrotate rule
    to automatically delete those logs early if they start getting too
    big.

    It's a vicious circle, the web sites don't get enough revenue to
    continue, the "AIs" don't have the information to steal, and get
    even worse than they are now.

    Worse for me, since I don't like the major web browsers and use
    Dillo or Links for most of my browsing: Websites trying to detect
    bots keep blocking me instead. For the first time yesterday even
    Wikipedia blocked me from downloading the images on pages with
    Dillo, claiming I was a bot. I've had to find alternatives to IMDB
    since it now blocks me, and one of those alternatives already
    blocked me once, two if you count Wikipedia. Gumtree doesn't even
    work for me in Firefox anymore on my usual PC, with them always
    redirecting me to an "access denied" page, presumably as a
    suspected bot. Weirdly it does work on another Linux PC that I
    rarely use, with the same Firefox version. I reported that to
    Gumtree about a year ago and they just told me to update the
    browser, after I'd already told them the version number, which was
    current. The useful web seems to be shrinking by the day thanks to
    these Artificial Idiots and website's lazy attempts to block them.

    That's not to mention when you do a web search for some topics now
    and just get volumes of similar, obviously AI-generated, webpages
    in the results. All telling you nothing of value. The only hope is
    to spot old forum threads. But I think I already talked/argued
    about that here before.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, March 28, 2026 13:25:12
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 26/03/2026 7:45 am, Axel wrote:
    Petzl wrote:
    On 16 Mar 2026 10:23:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
    DATS HOW SHITE WINDOWS11 HAS BECOME
    Perhaps, but I can't see those brands doing that except as an
    obscure option when purchasing online. Got a link?
    here's what google AI says..
    That's not a link! I've told you what I think of AI, and by default
    I skip anything people post from it because I'll only have to
    research myself whether what it says is BS or not. Which is exactly
    the same situation as with the original post.

    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled
    by privacy focus, gaming improvements (e.g., Steam Proton), and
    enterprise shifts.
    While not dominating consumer desktops, it's "the year" for pros
    ditching Windows/macOS,
    A news link here AI will fact check it
    <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-
    this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙ https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire.
    it will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    "AI" is wrecking the web. It costs money to run a web site, and site
    owners usually rely on advertising to cover their costs. The amount
    that they can charge for advertising depends on the number of page
    views. With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the
    information, and the site gets no views. It's a vicious circle, the
    web sites don't get enough revenue to continue, the "AIs" don't have
    the information to steal, and get even worse than they are now.

    doesn't the AI visit count as a page view?

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, March 28, 2026 13:26:18
    Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:22:16 +1000, keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au>
    wrote:
    Snip
    Linux sales are moving up while Windows is moving down but still baby
    steps.
    I prefer AI more than Rod Speed rubbish.
    Projections for 2026
    Analysts forecast 6% global share by late 2026 if trends hold, fueled
    by privacy focus, gaming improvements (e.g., Steam Proton), and
    enterprise shifts.
    While not dominating consumer desktops, it's "the year" for pros
    ditching Windows/macOS,
    A news link here AI will fact check it
    <https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-
    this-time-the-data-says-yes-177571.html>
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙ https://tinyurl.com/mvdeucc4
    The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes
    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire. it >>> will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    "AI" is wrecking the web. It costs money to run a web site, and site
    owners usually rely on advertising to cover their costs. The amount that
    they can charge for advertising depends on the number of page views.
    With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the information,
    and the site gets no views. It's a vicious circle, the web sites don't
    get enough revenue to continue, the "AIs" don't have the information to
    steal, and get even worse than they are now.

    "With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the
    information,"

    Not sure, all the AI I use do often compare news articles but always
    leave a clickable link cite,
    They also compare Government subject data links and leace cite links

    yes AI quotes the sources, so ppl can still read them

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, March 28, 2026 13:36:31
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote:
    On 26/03/2026 7:45 am, Axel wrote:
    don't mention AI to Kev. that's akin to showing a cross to a vampire. it >>> will cause him to recoil in horror, lol

    "AI" is wrecking the web.
    I agree, although I consider it a separate topic. Posting
    nonsensical AI rubbish to Usenet is wrecking Usenet, which I think
    is a more relevent issue to point out here to the people doing it.

    Mind you Felix and Petzl seem to have taken that as a challenge to
    annoy me by doing it anyway.

    I'm not trying to do that. I just forget not to post AI to you.

    So if they keep it up I might just
    killfile them

    I value your comments, so please don't killfile me, because you know a
    lot about Linux

    since dealing with trying to decode whether there's
    truth in these AI claims is much harder and more distracting than
    reading human replies, and it pisses me off more in the end.

    It costs money to run a web site, and site
    owners usually rely on advertising to cover their costs. The amount that
    they can charge for advertising depends on the number of page views.
    With "AI", it's scraper visits the site once, steals the information,
    and the site gets no views.
    Well no. True the site gets no ad views because the AI doesn't load
    the ads, but I know for a fact the scrapers don't visit anything
    like "once". In fact the problem is they visit at least every minute
    or two. "AmazonBot" has been hitting my sites 1-3 times a second for
    over a year. Other more abusive crawlers don't say who they are and
    use pools of thousands of random IP addresses to send requests from
    to avoid blocking. One was hitting one of my sites with millions of
    requests a day, fixated on trying endless different strings in a
    specific session variable on some dynamically-generated pages. It
    was neat to see how litterally one of the cheapest VPSs available
    anywhere could take that load, but eventually the number of
    simultaneous requests ramped up until it ran out of its 1GB RAM and
    I had to take that part of the site down until I worked out a way
    of blocking those requests. The requests continued for a few days
    in spite of only getting a 503 error response back. Hundreds of
    requests per second, which it coped with then since it didn't have
    to load the PHP module each time and therefore the memory usage per
    request was much less than before.

    Another issue is I can't keep Web access logs for long anymore
    since they fill up the storage, and I had to add a logrotate rule
    to automatically delete those logs early if they start getting too
    big.

    It's a vicious circle, the web sites don't get enough revenue to
    continue, the "AIs" don't have the information to steal, and get
    even worse than they are now.
    Worse for me, since I don't like the major web browsers and use
    Dillo or Links for most of my browsing: Websites trying to detect
    bots keep blocking me instead. For the first time yesterday even
    Wikipedia blocked me from downloading the images on pages with
    Dillo, claiming I was a bot. I've had to find alternatives to IMDB
    since it now blocks me, and one of those alternatives already
    blocked me once, two if you count Wikipedia. Gumtree doesn't even
    work for me in Firefox anymore on my usual PC, with them always
    redirecting me to an "access denied" page, presumably as a
    suspected bot. Weirdly it does work on another Linux PC that I
    rarely use, with the same Firefox version. I reported that to
    Gumtree about a year ago and they just told me to update the
    browser, after I'd already told them the version number, which was
    current. The useful web seems to be shrinking by the day thanks to
    these Artificial Idiots and website's lazy attempts to block them.

    That's not to mention when you do a web search for some topics now
    and just get volumes of similar, obviously AI-generated, webpages
    in the results. All telling you nothing of value. The only hope is
    to spot old forum threads. But I think I already talked/argued
    about that here before.



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