Particularly since the first version of Windows shipped in what -1985? Contemporary with 4.2BSD? Did 4.2BSD even use /etc/hosts the same way or DNS?

Elon bought Twitter to destroy it, this is simply the latest step in that process.

>And at that point you also realize that are better OSes

Nothing beats Windows 11+WSL2; literally the best of both worlds.

Great for svardos users, not ideal for the rest of the FreeDOS community, however.

[edit]Additionally, it looks like people's IP address is included with their posts. YUCK!

> [edit]Additionally, it looks like people's IP address is included with their posts. YUCK!

As an aside... I wonder how many people use VPNs among the HN crowd. I've been on a VPN so long, I feel really exposed when I'm forced to access anything without one.

OS/2 was more stable than Windows and it had threaded application support -so the analogy does hold, IMO.

Another One Rides The Bus

(I first heard it on Dr. Demento)

Litigation in some form or another. This is undoubtably related to the take it down legislation recently passed.

Porn isn't the only worry; there's also getting sued by the estates of dead celebrities, being misused for misinformation purposes.

Things are going to become increasingly restrictive until it is not worth using unless you're a corporation or a state actor. But for hobbiests? Resources are going to become thin on the ground and no, that is not a good thing.

From what I understand, Brave is a shit-show in its' own right.

I use too, but is not without its problem. It does implement a lot of adds in things like the new tab page, and it did some controversial stuff (they use to replace page ads with their own, essencially stealing the page monetization, dont know if they still do).

For a while Brave is going to be my stop gap browser. Hopping that Ladybird can soon replace it.

For all its flaws, Brave still annoys me less than Mozilla assh*les.

I also tried Zen Browser... lovely, but is pretty much Mozilla with a bunch of addons. The problem is, is not clear how much of the invasive Mozilla telemetry they left on their code base. Unfourtunally, any browser that orginates from mozilla bullshit, for now, I kind consider fruit of a posionous tree.

>Lxcore.sys, the kernel side driver that powers WSL 1

This isn't open source, and considering that this is probably what ties into/sets up WSL as a windows subsystem that's a bit of a bummer.

The rest is just a Virtual Machine for the most part, isn't it?

>Let's not get sidetracked with the whole LGTBIQH or whatever topic

No -LET'S; because it's not a sidetrack; it's the primary motivation.

Quoth project 2025: "Pornography, manifested today in the *omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology* and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."

This is saying that anyone performing education or support services on LGBTQ issues, specifically transgender issues "educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders."

Focusing on this issue is not a side-track; it's one of the primary motivators for this new bill -to target, harass and imprison those who are LGBTQ...

of course anyone with more than two working braincells can anticipate how it would be expanded upon (goodbye freedom of assembly, goodbye unionizing); but it's a foot in the door.