From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:55:01 +1100, Axel  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > one thing in particular that has become obvious to me about LM v   
   > Winx, is that I can just turn it on and use it! With windose there   
   > was always something that needed doing.. a virus scan, defrag, update   
   > apps, clean registry, software updates, driver updates, run   
   > maintenance app, etc., It seemed I almost spent as much time trying   
   > to keep Winx running well, as I did using it. With LM it's just one   
   > click of the 'shield' for everything.   
      
   I share your sentiments, and I think Linux Mint's maintenance   
   is minimal.  Isn't it nice to have a trustworthy platform, with   
   low maintenance, which let's you do more of the computing   
   that _you_ want to do?  (I think so!)   
      
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      OS: Linux 6.18.2 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)   
      NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)   
      "Walls impede my progress"   
      
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