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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 05:34:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 24 May 2025 04:45:34 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> Canonical basically treat their users the way Microsoft does, perhaps
> even worse. ...
> 
> The whole point of Free Software, is you, the user, get to choose what
> to do, how to do it.

Including the ability not to choose to use Canonical.

Remember, Free Software has no vendor lock-in. If any Free Software 
company really were abusing their users the way Microsoft does, they 
wouldn’t last ten minutes in the marketplace.