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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by bitwize on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:29AM (#47220180)
They're not. Operating systems will be legally required to ask for such samples in some jurisdictions by 2028. Linus has fecal_sample.ko lined up for merge in 7.3 or so.

/s but we jumped to the Black Mirror timeline so who knows?

Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by Truupe on Monday March 02, 2026 @02:51PM (#47223157)
Lennart Poettering already added systemd-fecald into WSL. It’s why he left Big Purple Hemorrhoid for Microslop.
Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by shevy-java on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:43PM (#47223770)
The funny thing is that people said that Lennart seems to work for Microslop many years ago already, when they analysed systemd early on when it came about. People did not believe the critics here, even though it made perfect sense to "unify" the linux systems into one giant slop - until it suddenly was true. Conspiracy theories may not exist in the microslop era. Microsoft will censor away this forbidden word.
Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by bitwize on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:58PM (#47224753)
The ensloppification of Linux conspiracy started in 1999 not with Lennart but with Miguel de Icaza—another Microslop double agent. His seminal (because it's a giant cumstain) essay "Let's Make Unix Not Suck" is to GNOME what the Declaration of Independence is to the USA—and it advocates making Linux more like Windows with "We have COM at home".