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   rbowman to CrudeSausage   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   30 Jan 26 20:47:44   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 30 Jan 2026 18:07:54 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > I'm thinking Mint. Ubuntu used to be the default choice for most people,   
   > but most Linux users no longer see it as "the people's Linux" as much as   
   > they do Mint. Zorin might also attract a few, especially since it's   
   > rather easy to make it look like Windows.   
      
   Mint works. I can live with anything but my favorite is KDE/Plasma which   
   is not supported on Mint. That preference goes way back, probably to GNOME   
   1.  That was another side effect of Trolltech's arcane licensing of Qt.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_1   
      
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