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   Brock McNuggets to All   
   Re: I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for o   
   23 Oct 25 13:55:04   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Oct 22, 2025 at 10:52:48 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   <10dcfrg$1bgmh$1@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Windows has similar options for scrolling direction. Not sure what the debate   
   is even about.   
      
      
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