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Re:PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch by networkadmin on Saturday January 17, 2026 @01:10PM (#46660364)
It looks a lot like the recent record-breaking enshittification of Windows may be a subtle ploy to deprecate it and shift everything over to Linux.

Consider that this "Linus Poettering" turned out to be a Microsoft mole as the conspiracy theorists always maintained that he was. Some say RedHat as a whole was created by Microsoft.

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Re:PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch by bigyabai on Saturday January 17, 2026 @01:42PM (#46660660)
> Some say RedHat as a whole was created by Microsoft.

Presumably people who never read the Halloween documents?

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Re:PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch by networkadmin on Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:37PM (#46662804)
People who consult numerous sources before reaching a final, definite conclusion.
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