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From: Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:36:43 +0300
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On 11.6.2025 11.12, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 10/06/2025 16:43, Robert Heller wrote:
> 
>>
>> (I think some sports cars and some heavy trucks, still have manual
>> transmissions.)
>>
> Golly. Another example of USian utter ignorance
> 
> Manual sales still account for 30% of all cars in Europe.
> 

There are manual gearboxes of many kinds. For an US version,
google for 'Kenworth gear shift pattern'.

The question of gear shift begins to be moot with electric and
hybrid cars anyway.

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-TV