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   Brock McNuggets to CrudeSausage   
   Re: I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for o   
   23 Oct 25 13:48:17   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Oct 23, 2025 at 5:53:54 AM MST, "CrudeSausage" wrote   
   :   
      
   > On 2025-10-23 01:52, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On 23 Oct 2025 03:30:44 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Oct 22, 2025 at 8:23:57 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   >>> <10dc74c$16ru9$1@dont-email.me>:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 23 Oct 2025 01:23:27 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> In the end, either way is something that a user can get used to. It   
   >>>>>> takes about five minutes.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I thought I would not like it. Took a few minutes to adjust and now   
   >>>>> I prefer it. Just have to shift thinking from moving the scroll bar   
   >>>>> to moving the content.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Free software is all about having a choice, not about forcing you to   
   >>>> do things the way the platform owner wants you to do them.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am not forced -- I can have scrolling work either way.   
   >>   
   >> Interesting to see the people you are responding to trying to justify why   
   >> the way that Microsoft forces you to do it is the better way.   
   >   
   > There is no better way. Whether the content moves up or down when you   
   > scroll makes no difference whatsoever in anyone's life. Like I said in   
   > an earlier post: you can get used to either way within minutes. Learning   
   > the Apple or Microsoft way will not result in "increased productivity or   
   > error reduction" in any way.   
      
   Apple gives you a choice. I assume Windows and Linux do, too.   
      
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