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Hello Barry!

09 Jun 2025 16:52, Barry Davis wrote to All:

 BD> I am looking to switch one of my PCs to some flavor of Linux since it 
 BD> can only run WIN10 (CPU keeps it from going to 11). I do use the PC for
some 
 BD> gaming so looking for a distro that is easy to work with as I am still
kinda a 
 BD> Linux noob. Some people were recommending Mint to use. Something that
would 
 BD> help setup Windows based games using WINE or whatever would be nice.

take the harddisk out, install a empty harddisk, then reinstall windows 11

windows is just stupid software at times

google is your friend on this, even old computers like nitendo gameboy runs
windows

want linux ?, then i can say gentoo or freebsd so you never need precompiled
problems anymore :)

if want precompiled, then gentoo also support binhost

stay away from ubuntu and debian, why ?, its non default pkgs, so original
software is changed, makes asking for help lots harder then if it was original
software that was not tempted with


 Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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