XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.2600   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:43:02 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:   
      
      
   > I strongly believe that people will upgrade to Windows 11, even if a lot   
   > of them will to have buy new hardware, because many people are used to   
   > commercially licensed software, they use. And wine is no option, under   
   > Linux for that, me thinks.   
      
   The hardware people certainly hope so.   
      
   > Installing Linux, with the help of online tutorials, shoud be easy   
   > enough for Windows users. I think the majority is using Ubuntu and not   
   > Mint.   
      
   Ubuntu certainly is an easy install, particularly if you're going to nuke   
   Windows, point the installer at the drive and say 'do your thing'. I'm   
   running Ubuntu on this box. GNOME isn't my favorite DE though. The Fedora   
   box has KDE which I think is much closer to the Windows experience.   
      
   I fired up a Mint Live with Cinnamon but didn't see any compelling reason   
   to prefer it. MATE is similar as far as I can see.   
      
   I have Xfce on the Debian box but I don't think it's as newbie friendly.   
   It doesn't have the animations and stuff that I dislike anyway. I don't   
   know how many Win10 users use the Aero derived stuff like shaking title   
   bars, snapping, and so forth and would miss it.   
      
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