XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: joelcrump@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/18/26 7:28 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > It’s pathetic how little you get for US$200 these days   
   > .   
   >   
   > It’s even more pathetic that Windows 11 Pro still doesn’t measure up   
   > to what Linux gives you out of the box, for free.   
   >   
   > Truly it is said that proprietary software is designed primarily to   
   > *prevent* you from doing things, not to enable you do to them.   
      
      
   I paid less than $200 for a computer with 11 Pro preinstalled.  Though   
   the manufacturer didn't get this license from MS.  Win11 was mediocre in   
   performance on it, anyway.   
      
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   Joel W. Crump   
      
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