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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:22:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:23:16 -0700, T wrote:

> On 6/28/25 3:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> No guarantees that those “things removed” will not break some crucial
>> piece of software that you need to run, though. Is it Open Source? Can
>> you submit patches to fix it?
> 
> I do not think you understand.  It "is" Windows.

No, you yourself said it is “Windows with things removed”.