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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> 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.

US sales of manual transmissions have been tiny for years, and a lot of 
makers, even if they offer manual for the European/Bittish markets in 
the same model, simply don't offer the "manual option" for their US 
version of the same models.

Automatics have all but outsold manuals in the US into oblivion.  And 
say what you like about the change, it did occur due to "sales volumes" 
rather than a govt. fiat for one over the other.