The Dark Mod is certainly the best and most advanced OpenSource game I know (well, not full OpenSource, because the user created missions, currently 170, are with several CC licensed assets, released because of this as freeware)
Bees don't die after stinging, only by stinging a big animal or humans, because their sting isn't made for thick skins but for other insects. In hornets and wasps there isn't a problem, their stings don't have barbs.
Only if you have installed MS Office, it was one of the first thing which I deleted, among with other MS Bloatware and services "to improve the user experience". A clean Windows is a difference like day and night with the defauly one, in speed, stability and RAM usage. The specs of my modded Windows11 24H2 (Acer laptop)
Also in the EU, security agencies and the police can have access to individual accounts, but only in the case of an criminal investigation and only with an court order. Even very privacy oriented services and apps have to give access to the data they have, in this case. But this, if these data are encrypted, there is few what the authorities can do, then they have to contact the user directly to obtain the encryption key, or trying through weeks to crack it.
But all this has nothing to do with privacy, it's not the same as sharing freely user datas to third party advertising companies, like it is possible in the US, in the EU it's only alowed in a very limited way to share statistical, anonymised and tech data.
Well, several administrations in Spain already are using LibreOffice, which is a pretty good alternative to the MS Office, it is even compatible with way more document formats than the MS Office. That means, that don't exist an real dependency because tecnical reasons, but maybe because burocratic ones. Using alternatives of Windows is more complicated, but there isn't any problems with general apps for Windows, except for some specific corporation ones, Windows catalogue of software is the biggest one of any other OS.
Wrong, MS EU have to comply EU GDPR laws, yes or yes. They have learned it after several high fines, like also Facebook and Google, even X planned in the past to stop the service in the EU because of this. They can't send userdata to third countries without the express consent of the user. Privacy in the EU is an human right protected by law. MS is scared with a reason.
The cursor I snuck in the picture, sorry.
Over the age gaps, well, there arise some difficulties to put the correct label for brother, sister, wife, daughter, son, grandson, granddaughter and grandfather to the people in the photo.
Agree, in part, certainly the panorama is changing, but fact is that Linux has still only an 4-5% marketshare reparted in several different distros. Well, the Flatpack is an solution, but the general amount of soft m FOSS and also proprietary is still lightyears away from the software catalogue from Windows, simply because Windows is by far the most used OS (I hope this may change in the future, we'll see) and in consequence most soft, incluse FOSS, is developed for this OS. law of the market.
Yes, for a normal user with his daily tasks, Linux is the best option, but as said, not for everyone. Linux has it's drawbacks as any other OS. The perfect OS is always the one which best fits the need and tasks of each user, period.
Yes, but you can also proof it, checking and even blocking the traffic in the OS, eg. with Portmaster. Not a big Problem. Different to MacOS, Windows permits to make it reasinable private in the settings, the only problem is that a lot of settings (in total over 200 setting points and registry entries) are indocumented and hidden. The OS as such is only another modified UNIX fork, the worse part are the apps. telemetries and services added by M$. The gutted, mencioned WindowsX, shows it, also mine DIY version of Windows11 24H2 which I use, with only <700 MB in RAM, after eliminating all this MS crap.
Yes, but currently Linux isn't a valid option for a lot of users, because a lot of professional and corporation apps, apart of most games are Windows only. To rise Linux is needed to change this first. The only alternative for this issue is maybe using instead eg. WindowsX, something like an "de-microsofted" Windows.
Linux is certainly the best alternative, but also has some drawbacks, like too much different distros not always compatible one with another, depending on the distro also often an deficient support and maintance, certain driver problems, among others. Not good if an still minority OS is above to diversified, which cause a lot of problems for the devs of software.
To dethrone Windows as leader of the market does it still need a lot of work in many environments.
If you like an RPG, Diablo style, there is also FLARE (Free/Libre Action Roleplaying Engine)