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   Re: W12 rumor   
   15 Jan 26 12:42:31   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 1/15/26 12:19 PM, s|b wrote:   
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:44:11 -0800, T wrote:   
   >   
   >>   From my experience, my customer do not care and mostly don't   
   >> even know what OS they are using.  They ONLY CARE if the apps   
   >> they have learned will run on it.  QuickBooks and Adobe kill   
   >> Linux.   
   >>   
   >> Make sure you have what programs you need to run on Linux before   
   >> switching.  If you do, you'll never go back.   
   >   
   > I've already been using Thunderbird, Firefox and LibreOffice for years.   
   > I con copy TB's and Fx's profile folders, so that's handy. I've got a   
   > broken laptop (battery) running on Linux Mint 22.2 and a couple days I   
   > was looking for an audio player to replace AIMP, but they're all crap in   
   > comparison. OTOH I don't need to look at the player, most important is   
   > that it plays my MP3 and FLAC (which they all do).   
      
   I am fond of smplayer.  There is also VLC, but the bugs drive me nuts   
   >   
   > I've been trying to run Forté Agent under Bottles, Wine, ... and   
   > sometimes it works and then I'm getting one memory error after another.   
   > I already reduced the number of connections, but maybe the problem is   
   > multiple servers I run. I know it works, because I tried this years ago   
   > and got it to run fine.   
   >   
      
   Add Osmo for a PIM   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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