Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2016?
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sulu is offline sulu
2016-03-03 , 14:26
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
I find it disturbing when an innocent word, moreover clearly used in an ironic context, is seen as an insult.
I don't see any irony in HtheB's post. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong, in which case I'd like to apologize, but this post, as it stands, seems totally serious to me.

Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
Please notice that the freedom of choice goes both ways. In this case, the choice of an OS was made by the GPD team,
Which is why I'm merely stating that I'd find their device interesting IF I could get it without a Windows licence.
I'm not demanding, I'm not complaining.

Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
The same goes for bundled features, BTW. If my local corner shop decided to throw in a pocket calculator with every kilo of apples I buy there, it is their damn choice and any stationery shop selling calculators has no right to complain. It is my choice if I use it or throw it away. In the same way, if an OS producer decides to bundle a browser, a text processor or a rocket launcher in their OS, it is their choice. Any whining about "monopoly" is just that, whining.
Your comparison doesn't work.
Your corner shop won't force that calculator on you, which you refuse to take just to throw it away because you don't want to pollute the environment needlessly.
 

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