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|    Mike Easter to Alan K.    |
|    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu    |
|    28 Oct 25 19:55:57    |
      XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10       From: MikeE@ster.invalid              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.              I found some interest in the percentages of the ~1600 readers answering       a poll (so far); the numbers represent the status as of about 8 pm Tues       evening Pacific time.              -----       Are you new to Linux because of End of 10?              Yes - new to Linux because of End of 10: 65 (4%)       New to Linux but not because of End of 10: 40 (3%)       Not new to Linux - switched before End of 10: 1269 (80%)       Not new to Linux - have not switched to Linux: 210 (13%)       -----              I was somewhat surprised to see 17% of reader/respondents answering a DW       poll who were either new or 'non-linux' users particularly that 3/4 of       those weren't linuxers doing the poll.              But, then after I puzzled over that, I read some of the explanations of       those who weren't sure how to classify themselves, so maybe my surprise       was 'misguided'; I should've read the answers first and then decided if       I was surprised or not :-)                     --       Mike Easter              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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