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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 21 Nov 2025 21:04:49 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 21, 2025 at 1:30:59 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   > <10fqi63$3vebb$2@dont-email.me>:   
   >   
   >> On 21 Nov 2025 20:14:13 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I used to play with a lot of distros. Sure... some were better for   
   >>> general use and others for troubleshooting or whatever (in my case   
   >>> Mint and Puppy, respectively). But for the most part it was minor   
   >>> window dressing changes to the desktop and then the apps were   
   >>> pretty much the same. With all the "choice" there is not that much   
   >>> difference.   
   >>   
   >> So where is your “paradox of choice” in this situation?   
   >   
   > The paradox is exactly where it's always been -- buried under   
   > hundreds of distros that ship mostly the same apps, the same   
   > browsers, mostly the same system features, yet insist each one is a   
   > bold new direction.   
      
   If there is no actual “choice”, then where does a “paradox of choice”   
   come in?   
      
   Should you really be saying “paradox of not having a choice”?   
      
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