XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2025-10-24, Creon  wrote:   
   > At Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:33:50 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Joel W. Crump  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On 10/22/2025 7:35 PM, Sn!pe wrote:   
   >> > > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > >> This is my last day using Windows 11   
   >> > >   
   >> > > Me too, and I even paid $10 for the license, grrr.   
   >> >   
   >> > What happened?   
   >>   
   >> I found it tedious to update, obstructive and awkward to use,   
   >> full of adverts, surveillance and bling.  Especially bling, yech.   
   >> It was worth the $10 to take a proper look at it but I don't think   
   >> I'll use it much, if at all.   
   >   
   > Next to try might be Linux Mint. ;)   
   >   
   > https://ibb.co/chDPV3PQ   
   >   
   >    https://linuxmint.com/   
   >   
   > KDE for bling, or friendly XFCE for a no-nonsense desktop environment.    
   (Note: my screenshot   
   > includes two launchers at the bottom of the screen:  to the left, the   
   standard XFCE panel, and   
   > at the center, Cairo Dock, which is an add-on.)   
   >   
   > Or, if you don't want to emulate AMD64, there's always Ubuntu with native   
   builds:   
   >   
   >    https://canonical.com/multipass   
   >   
   Your desktop looks very nice.   
      
      
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