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On 8/6/2024 2:09 PM, Joel wrote:
> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> 
>>> I am liking openSUSE.  If I were just giving
>>> up, I'd keep running Mint 21.x.  I am not doing that, though, I am
>>> winning, by learning something new and trying something different.
>>
>> Better than being stuck on Windows:
>>
>>     https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/08/05/microsoft-warning-for-14-billion-windows-10-users-windows-11-free-upgrade/
>>
>>     Microsoft Update Warning—70% Of All Windows Users Now At Risk
>>
>> I detect a certain reticence in Windows users to upgrade from 10 to 11 :-)
> 
> 
> I'd try 1000 distros before I went back to Windows 11.


Sadly, you CAN actually try 1000 Linux distros.

I wrote a ditty about it years ago:

D is for distro, a pile of crap code
They multiply like roaches and they're free to download
You can try one a day for the rest of your life
Some geeks prefer it to having a wife