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GNOME prioritises Linux now but it shipped with Solaris from 2003 onwards and Sun contributed accessibility features around that time.

There was an OOXML compatibility layer for Office 2000, though the latest version of that only runs on Win XP and later, but I suspect LibreOffice would be more compatible with OOX…

TBF, iPod design was very neat and the nano's were very thin for the time.

Mozilla is controlled opposition (largely funded by Google) and the browser can't really compete on security and performance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon#Reaction_to_Pok%C...

The governments, yes, but not the general population necessarily. And the governments can't survive without oil revenue and/or external support, so they'll be losing in the long ru…

Nah, if anything the Islamist groups are biding their time, waiting for the internationally-supported governments to lose the will to carry on before striking.

I was thinking, in a world without DRAM, cobalt-infused magnetic tape (like that used for VHS and ferricobalt cassettes) or metal particle tape, digital sound recording would still…

I suspect the end of Dennard Scaling scuppered this sort of utopia.

They have been underfunded for a decade now, with some unfortunate consequences - the web browser is based on Gecko 91.

They wanted a console they could write a full-3D Sonic game for, the Saturn couldn't quite do such a game justice.

Their hardware business was doomed by 1998, FF7 and Gran Turismo had given PlayStation momentum that neither Sega or Nintendo could hope to match, but Sega was in a particularly to…

The S4 Mini ended up being a legendary long-termer as its drivers were built for the 3.10 kernel, which was still being patched by Red Hat two years ago.

It's happened at least three times: Win8.1 x64 required double-width compare and exchange instruction support, so people who bought Win8 for a CPU or motherboard that didn't suppor…

There's always Windows Server...

What's available depends on the form factor, but there are some manufacturers that offer some choice in the 2700k 90+cri space nowadays.

The current HMD 105 4G/110 4G is ok and supports LTE bands common in North America.

Windows would be 'taught' as a byproduct of another activity involving Windows software, usually starting with Office/365.

KDE lost some corporate support when SUSE changed their default to GNOME in about 2005(?). I think it sees some use in the automotive world but aside from that it's all volunteer w…

If you liked that you would have loved the N9 (same body but with Linux-based OS).

Modern engines are generally more reliable, yes. And galvanised steel and aluminium has helped chassis' and bodies last longer too. I think the 'sweet spot' has passed for most car…

I know that the specification changed multiple times prior to launch (mostly screen related I think).

afaik the tablet was in development hell for much of 2015, by the time it was ready it was no longer profitable and Jolla couldn't afford to buy more than about 600 units without g…

I hope they've learned their lesson after the tablet fiasco.

or 'interactive' or 'cloud' (early 2010s).