XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/10/28 11:9:53, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 28/10/2025 1:00 am, Windows Devil wrote:   
   >> On 27/10/2025 12:14, Alan K. wrote:   
   >>> DistroWatch had what I think is a pretty good q&a here this week.   
   >>> Kinda hits home with recent events in Windows 10 EOL.   
   >>>   
   >>> Short read.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251027#qa   
   >>>   
   >>> Advice for new Linux users   
   >>>   
   >>> Roll-out-the-welcome-mat asks: With all the new Linux users coming   
   >>> over with the End of 10, any advice for the Linux newbies?   
   >>>   
   >> Most Windows users are not interested in switching to Linux.   
   >    
   > I would suspect that MOST people buy a device (Laptop/Desktop/Phone) AND    
   > IT JUST WORKS. They have bugger all idea what is behind the facade.   
   >    
   > And many are not interested if the other Brand devices do things better,    
   > just if their device does what they want!!   
      
   Yes, that applies at various levels. My brother - intelligent enough   
   guy, just not _interested_ in such matters - knows his computer is   
   Windows, but might not be sure which version; some users may not even   
   know that. (Probably _will_ be Windows, as virtually all mainstream   
   suppliers in UK only sell those. Or Apple stores of course.)   
      
   I follow much the same: when I want something to do something that the   
   basic OS or the software I already have don't do, I will look at a   
   couple - but not every such offering on the "market"; as soon as I find   
   one that does what I want _reasonably_ well, I stop looking, _even if   
   there might be one out there that does it better_. Examples include   
   partition manager (I have the EaseUS one) and clipboard extension (I so   
   rarely use it I'll have to go look - It's Clipdiary).   
      
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