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   Monsieur to Paul   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   27 Oct 25 18:19:32   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Monsieur@notreal.invalid   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   > On Mon, 10/27/2025 10:00 AM, Windows Devil wrote:   
      
   >> Most Windows users are not interested in switching to Linux. No matter   
   >> how hard the Linux community tries to attract new users, Windows users   
   >> will stick with what they know. They might experiment with a version of   
   >> Linux for a couple of days, but then abandon it in favour of buying a   
   >> new laptop with the latest version of Windows pre-installed. Better the   
   >> devil you know.   
   >   
   > Tomshardware claims the ex-Win10 users are buying Macs. Which is... too   
   funny.   
      
   Good. Let them stay away from Linux as long as possible. I much prefer   
   to have a small niche operating system than a widespread and popular one   
   that may attract more interest of hackers and other nogoodnix.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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