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Katsunami · 05-01-2015, 02:19 PM

I wonder if the ability to install applications without having to rely on a third party for everything will disappear altogheter. Every company seems to present markets and cloud storage, cloud savegames, cloud backups, cloud searches, cloud chess engines (Chessbase) and even cloud applications as a good thing.

The only thing it represents to me is: "Give us all your data and all your apps! We want more control! MOARRR!!" (Look at Adobe. Everything is under subscription now, except Lightroom... and I refuse to buy any new version of that, as I expect it to become subscription only in the end.)

Am I the only one who just wants to buy something (an operating system, or application, or whatever), and then use it WITHOUT having it connected to the internet all the time? It has happened too ofter that functionality became broken just because the original manufacturer stated that it was too old and wouldn't be updated anymore to interact with their new, wizbang successor service.

Also, I have my doubts about Windows 10. To be honest, I haven't done anything new with my operating system since Windows 2000.... the only real difference is that Windows 2000 was 500MB, and Windows Vista and later take up 20GB. While the newer OS-es support new technology, I basically don't use in a different way, nor do I do anything different as before.

The only thing I'm doing more and more is trying to keep all of my stuff independent from the fracking internet, sellers, and publishers.

Sometimes I feel like abandoning all of my current software (using my current computer for the old games I already have, from GOG.com), buying a tiny Mini-ITX system, a cheap e-IPS PVA 19-inch monitor, and then installing only this:

- Linux
- Firefox and Thunderbird
- OpenOffice and GIMP
- Calibre
- A FLAC tag-editor
- Lilypond and Frescobaldi (for typesetting music)
- LaTeX and a good editor

The only thing I'd be dependent on would be the distribution's repository; and the distribution would probably be Debian Testing.

Microsoft has said:

1. There won't be any new Windows version anymore. Windows 10 will be the last one, and from then on, it'll be a rolling release.
2. Windows will never be under a subscription service.

I would be fine with that. You buy Windows 10 once for a single computer, and then you'll always have the latest version. If they'd put it under subscription however, it would be the day that I'd decide to abandon using my computer at home completely, especially for the minimum necessities (for me) as stated above.

05-01-2015, 02:19 PM	#441
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	I wonder if the ability to install applications without having to rely on a third party for everything will disappear altogheter. Every company seems to present markets and cloud storage, cloud savegames, cloud backups, cloud searches, cloud chess engines (Chessbase) and even cloud applications as a good thing. The only thing it represents to me is: "Give us all your data and all your apps! We want more control! MOARRR!!" (Look at Adobe. Everything is under subscription now, except Lightroom... and I refuse to buy any new version of that, as I expect it to become subscription only in the end.) Am I the only one who just wants to buy something (an operating system, or application, or whatever), and then use it WITHOUT having it connected to the internet all the time? It has happened too ofter that functionality became broken just because the original manufacturer stated that it was too old and wouldn't be updated anymore to interact with their new, wizbang successor service. Also, I have my doubts about Windows 10. To be honest, I haven't done anything new with my operating system since Windows 2000.... the only real difference is that Windows 2000 was 500MB, and Windows Vista and later take up 20GB. While the newer OS-es support new technology, I basically don't use in a different way, nor do I do anything different as before. The only thing I'm doing more and more is trying to keep all of my stuff independent from the fracking internet, sellers, and publishers. Sometimes I feel like abandoning all of my current software (using my current computer for the old games I already have, from GOG.com), buying a tiny Mini-ITX system, a cheap e-IPS PVA 19-inch monitor, and then installing only this: - Linux - Firefox and Thunderbird - OpenOffice and GIMP - Calibre - A FLAC tag-editor - Lilypond and Frescobaldi (for typesetting music) - LaTeX and a good editor The only thing I'd be dependent on would be the distribution's repository; and the distribution would probably be Debian Testing. Microsoft has said: 1. There won't be any new Windows version anymore. Windows 10 will be the last one, and from then on, it'll be a rolling release. 2. Windows will never be under a subscription service. I would be fine with that. You buy Windows 10 once for a single computer, and then you'll always have the latest version. If they'd put it under subscription however, it would be the day that I'd decide to abandon using my computer at home completely, especially for the minimum necessities (for me) as stated above. Last edited by Katsunami; 05-01-2015 at 02:23 PM.