Quoting: Alm888So, wired transfers are something from the past.

I wonder if we talk about the same thing, then. Bank transfer ("Überweisung" in German) can be made from any computer, there are very safe methods to do so, and as far as I know I'm able to transfer money to any account. I get as many transfers (at least national ones) as I want for a very low monthly fee. Wouldn't know why something like this could be outdated.

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Quoting: AlveKattShadow Warrior 2 seemed to be a bit of a let-down though, so personally hoping it will be something else.

Some authors of my favorite game magazine consider it better than the modern DOOM.

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Glad to see something new for Linux on the radar after the message about F1...

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Quoting: liamdaweWell, I actually made a decision earlier about doing a new site for general Linux news. Will do a proper announcement on it later.

I totally understand some people have reservations about me doing it, but I will explain more when it's time to.

:-( As I said, there is enough redundancy already..... GoL was unique in terms of size, structure and community (there is also boilingsteam).

General news, oh, there are so many already.... Too bad Liam.
You asked the question, almost all answers were negative or neutral and you decided to go for it. I remember that going against your comminuty is seldom a great idea !

He said "new site", so GoL should remain what it was.

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Quoting: liamdaweWell, I actually made a decision earlier about doing a new site for general Linux news. Will do a proper announcement on it later.

I totally understand some people have reservations about me doing it, but I will explain more when it's time to.

That's ok for me (I guess for everybody) as well (if it doesn't reduce GoL time too much).
As long as my game reading experience is not littered here... ;)

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Quoting: lucifertdarkI'd say GOL should stick to reporting & reviewing gaming & games, BUT on those odd occasions when something really big that affects Linux users pops up, like this particular story, then have at it.

I want to sign this. This U-Turn of Ubuntu is important for the Linux world (it turned up half a dozen times in a single day in a low profile Facebook Linux group I attend). This is important to know and discuss. For most ordinary Linux stuff I'd go elsewhere if I would want to know.

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Quoting: nitroflowJust want to point out that there is such a thing as virtual credit cards that you can create at will for online shopping without the need to even own a credit card(a debit card will suffice in my country). Not only can you do that but you can create single-use and multi-use credit cards. I realize this is not available in every part of the world though.

Do you mean like Paypal? Do you have example providers of such services to look at?

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Quoting: KetilSailfishOS is decent enough, with android 4.1 app support and you can even install google play unofficially. That being said I think the community is kind of bad/silent and I don't see many of the improvements that I want. I have never tried whatsapp so I have no idea if that works or not.

I guess the best bet nowadays is Cyanogen/LineageOS. I went with Android (Moto G4) and deinstalling/deconfiguring lots of Google stuff, though.

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Quoting: EikeI'm sad that this puts the end to a possible alternative for mobile phones.

SailfishOS and Tizen is still around.

I didn't say there's no alternative, but let me do so: I don't think there's an alternative for smartphones that's viable for me. I bought my first smartphone just some months ago because some people seem to have forgotten how to communicate if you don't have WhatsApp.(*) So a smartphone to be useful to me needs to be a) available in Germany, b) have a decent amounts of Apps, including c) WhatsApp. What's left then?

(*) Yes, this is sad.

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Quoting: liamdaweHave they actually confirmed this anywhere? Mir wasn't mentioned in the initial post from Mark.

Ars Technica says that Canonical Community Manager Michael Hall confirmed it to them:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/ [External Link]

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