I sometimes paruse the modlog. Mostly just to keep the mods honest. Few months ago, I saw one mod had banned a guy from like 20 communities all at once, and in the reasoning, he said something like “banned the lib”. Me questioning that very publically forced him to explain himself, because now EVERYBODY was wanting to know the answers to my questions.

Without the modlog, I’d never have known a guy was banned 20 times, and I’d have never questioned it. I still wish the system here were better than just a modlog. I want the ability to vote out moderators. I want the ability for moderators to explain their case.

Because right now, we’re essentially reddit, but fragmented. But I DO occasionally look through the mod log.

That’s like asking “Why drive an automatic car, when stick shift exists???”

Mostly the fact that it’s been in development since 1998. Linux has thousands of developers, yet ReactOS has 30 developers who fight with each other, and haven’t had a stable release since 2021.

I can agree with this. I’ve always said that the concept of Linux needs to be a centralized experience for most, and then diverging distros for those who want to seek them for others. Like when you install Linux for the first time, it’s just called “Linux”. That’s the name of the distro. And it is a collection of all the other OS’s most popular features. It is the default linux experience. If YOU want to change something, you can, but most won’t. Windows 95 and later were actually pretty customizable, but how many people actually customized their window colors? I knew a few people who did. Most didn’t.

And that’s the thing about this kind of mass appeal that linux would experience. Terminal would still work, just as it does today, but it wouldn’t be the default behavior for most. Terminal is the second biggest reason people don’t use linux.

So for there to be a singular starting experience, it needs to basically be “This is linux. You’ve never used it, but you already know how. All your programs from mac and windows work here. Plus it’s free, and more secure without ads or tracking.”

That alone would be the driving force. Once they’re into the ecosystem, they can play with terminal if they want. They can customize if they want. But I have a feeling that most would stay with whatever the default experience was for their entire time using the system.

And the part where “all your apps work” is part of what I’m talking about with everybody catching ReactOS to modern. It’s not modern right now, but that’s due to lack of development. I’m saying with a huge development increase, it could be a small part of what makes your vision of a popular linux a reality. One of many moving parts basically.

Some applications require relatively obscure userspace quirks and tricks, in which case it doesn’t matter if they’re running through Linux+Wine or ReactOS+Wine if Wine doesn’t implement them.

I thought the whole goal of ReactOS was to get to a point where wine isn’t needed at all. You just take the .exe installer, and install it. Just like windows.

The issue is that they’re so poorly staffed that they’re waaaaaay behind on what Windows considers modern. They’re doing an impressive job reverse engeneering, but it’s still a 20 year old system. They partially rely on wine currently because of how unfinished THEIR work is.

But my vision is that thousands of people each contributing small little bits here and there, all contributing to the code of ReactOS. Eventually they could move beyond XP, into Windows & era, and Windows 8 era, and Windows 10 era, and Windows 11 era. But since it’s NOT microsoft, and since it’s NOT windows, it wouldn’t come with any of the stuff people hate about those versions. It would come with the compatibility, but not the forced spying, or the bloat, or the forced subscriptions.

The thing I read is that Windows 95 was composed of around 1000 people all working towards the same goal, with the same tools, at the same time. All getting paid as their full time job. ReactOS has about 30 people, who are all fighting with each other. Their last stable release was 2021, but they do have nightly builds that are “current”. But with so much infighting, and so few people, and not being a full time priority, it doesn’t get the support it should.

As far as what linux would gain by ReactOS reverse engeneering modern day OS’s? It would mean ANY program that was originally intended for windows could be installed via the .exe file, on ANY linux distro. Using the same gui setup that windows users know how to do. Which in turn would make it 1000% easier to convince a new user to switch from Windows to Linux, if you could say “You can run all the same programs, you already know how to use it, and it’s free.” THAT would be the game changer.

Oh, didn’t you know? People in America get uneeded medical operations all the time! That’s what this whole abortion fight has been about. Women all over the country, just loving getting abortions! It doesn’t physically and emotionally devistate you at all! They LOVE getting these ticklish abortions!

And for guys? They are quite frankly addicted to getting colonoscopies, and double heart bypass surguries. Have you seen how often men get those? Can’t get enough of it! And then there’s this other thing they do. It’s called an “annual health checkup”. Serves no purpose. Makes no sense. It’s just a friendly chat with these busy doctors. Just wasting their time!

And kids??? Don’t even get me started on kids! It’s always headlice this, and chicken pox that! Running snot out of their mouth, and coughing…

Speaking of coughing! What the hell was that whole Covid-19 trend all about, eh? Just a fad. Just a bunch of people all claiming to be sick…deny them all I say!

…ok, all sarcasm aside, it really does feel like this is how our countries insurance claims handlers think. And then sometimes politics gets involved, and the whole thing is just innocent people suffering for some other asshole to buy a yacht. And it’s not even the doctors that get the yachts. I’d actually be FINE with a doctor being rich. They’re the ones out there who actually help people. No, it’s not the doctors who get rich. It’s these useless fuckclowns in suits, who deliver no benefit to society whatsoever. Sitting at a desk, in charge of peoples lives, and deciding that operation, or that treatment is just being done for no reason.

Which is why America has cheered on the act of murder. Myself included. Luigi murdered that CEO, and the world is a fractionally better place for him having done that. One of the other companies even just said they’re “rethinking” their plan for placing limits on anastesia. So as a direct result of this murder, there other probably thousands of people who will go through surgury, who otherwise would have been in great pain, who now WON’T be. All because this CEO got shot, and these other CEOs are having a cause/effect on rethinking the concept of saving money at the expense of people’s suffering.

THIS is why we’re cheering Luigi. Yes, he murdered someone. Did it right in broad daylight. Witnesses around. Zero chance to say he didn’t do it. And yet the country is BEGGING for jury nullification for Luigi. We WANT to see him set free, without consequence. The CEOs need to learn that these aren’t just numbers on a line graph. These are people. These are human beings with physical and emotional feelings that their decisions affect. We empathize with Luigi because we understand he’s been affected by this same shit system. We understood it LONG before he was identified. I even posted this comment days ago, before he was identified.

CEOs should take notice before it’s too late. Because sometimes you don’t get the chance to learn the lessions of cause and effect. Brian Thompson learned no lession. He just got shot, and never even knew who was shooting him or why. And while I’m not specifically advocating for that kind of violence, I am saying it IS the natural logical outcome from the situation these CEOs have created. I will cheer the next shooter, just as I have cheered Luigi. Until these guys learn that people are numbers, and earth is not a playground, I will not feel empathy for the consequences of their actions coming back to bite them. I may never be the one to pull the trigger, but I will openly support those that do.

And then it ruins the country again.

Well he does make as much intellectual sense as The Ultimate Warrior!

Upvoted because I agree with the actual point you’re making.

Now I’m going to nitpick a completely off topic point that doesn’t change what you’re saying, but maybe we should use a different example.

There have been studies that show kids literally cannot get enough candy/sugar. So much so, that in the 1800s before medicine was understood, they used obscene amounts of sugar for kids as a pain reliever, which actuactually did work to a small extent.

Adults however will NOT eat candy unlimited, as they have a switch in their brain that tells them “Ok, thats enough. Now it’s going to start tasting not as good”. Eventually they won’t even enjoy candy.

So I recomend your last bit of that message should read:

“It’s not candy for kids, or blowjobs/lickjobs for adults, where people will take as much as they can get. Everyone wants to get well ASAP.”

Set Luigi free!

“How frightfully rude! I certainly hope somebody stabs him in the eye!”

Short answer: No.

Slightly longer answer: Nope.

Did you say “Baked cakes”?

inserts joke about the office

Chris pratt DID quit his job and become a plumber! Didn’t you see the documentary “Super Mario Bros”?

Well maybe he gave her a small loan of 1 million dollars.

…wait, no. I’m confusing my rich assholes who were in the news for politics this past october.

The fuck??? She makes something like 500 million dollars PER CONCERT, and has a tour of like 8 months straight. She doesn’t roadie her own equipment. She doesn’t drive the bus. I assume she’s not even there for sound check hours before the event. She’s given a microphone, told “go sing for 3 hours” and then she’s back onto a tour bus that’s more lavish than most peoples homes. Meanwhile, 30-100 guys do backbreaking labor of assembling, and disassembling the sets, driving through the night in trucks, getting to the next cities venue at like 6am, unloading the truck, and assembling the set in the next city. All while she’s probably in her $2500 a night hotel room sleeping on a fluffy bed.

What part of that sounds working class?

…well now my ban makes more sense.

Man, these new James Bond movie plots suck.

…uh? what?