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Warez: Do you pirate software or just use FOSS?

I always perfer FOSS whenever possible.

I figure if someone out there is working on a project and wants me to use it, I owe it to them to at least give it a shot.

Occasionally, the proprietary stuff is the only option. And occasionally-occasionally that company isn't worth supporting or the price is unreasonable or more than I could afford. In which case, perhaps some seas are sailed.

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top 5 unsolved problems in computer science

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Wow, getright! That's a throwback. I used that in the 90s.

On linux I use aria2c for similar tasks. It can resume http downloads, as well as split them up into multiple threads for faster downloading.

It's cli-based and powerful (therefore perhaps a bit confusing at first), but there are UIs for it as well for a more get-rightty experience.

I think jdownloader also has some application here, though it's mostly for getting things from those ad-filled file hosting sites frequently used by those on the high seas

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What you rather?

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Shift +f10 to open a command prompt in the installer

OOBE\bypassnro

It reboots and restarts the out of box experience, but this time 'I don't have internet' will be available as an option

Bonus tip, don't choose a password either, as it will force stupid recovery questions. You can add that after first boot with net user on the command line.

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PSA: Libraries

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I love the musical instrument loan programs. I loaned a violin for a month to test out whether I wanted to learn to play it.

I like it and the experience gave me enough of an understanding of the instrument to feel comfortable buying a used one to continue on with.

I don't think I ever would have started learning it without the library program, the instrument is so intimidating