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   vallor to Alan   
   Re: Remember when setting up a Windows P   
   12 Jan 26 16:33:43   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:12:13 -0800, Alan  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-12 05:05, chrisv wrote:   
   > > Alan wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>> Check the variety of Linux distributions and Linux desktop   
   > >>> environments.  Or do those not count as "actual customizations"?   
   > >>   
   > >> They do not.   
   > >   
   > > ...said the unreasonable dipshit.   
   > >   
   > >> To "customize" something is to change it from how you got it.   
   > >   
   > > Linux users have tons of freedom to do that, also.   
   > >   
   >   
   > That may be true--it is true of course...   
   >   
   > ...but the question I was asking was whether he actually DID it.   
      
   Were you unsatisfied with the answer he gave?   
      
      
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