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Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/


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Linux-Mint-User wrote:

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Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

Why not use Windows 11 with is very cool and integrated sandbox,
or Windows 11 with Tails, instead of Mint?

Regards
Stefan
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:41:06 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:

Linux-Mint-User wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There are
many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if you're a
windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating system. You won't
regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

Why not use Windows 11 with is very cool and integrated sandbox,
or Windows 11 with Tails, instead of Mint?

Regards Stefan

Many older computers do not meet the requirements for Win11. There are work-arounds but not anything Aunt Martha is going to try. That brings up
the question if she would be ready and willing to install Mint.

The local library is having a couple of seminars on Mint installation. I'm interested to see the turnout. I have the feeling people willing to switch
to Linux can figure out how to do it themselves but I may be wrong.
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rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:41:06 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:

Linux-Mint-User wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

Why not use Windows 11 with is very cool and integrated sandbox,
or Windows 11 with Tails, instead of Mint?

Regards Stefan

Many older computers do not meet the requirements for Win11. There are work-arounds but not anything Aunt Martha is going to try. That brings up the question if she would be ready and willing to install Mint.

I strongly believe that people will upgrade to Windows 11, even if a lot
of them will to have buy new hardware, because many people are used to commercially licensed software, they use. And wine is no option, under
Linux for that, me thinks.

The local library is having a couple of seminars on Mint installation. I'm interested to see the turnout. I have the feeling people willing to switch to Linux can figure out how to do it themselves but I may be wrong.

Installing Linux, with the help of online tutorials, shoud be easy enough
for Windows users. I think the majority is using Ubuntu and not Mint.

Regards
Stefan
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A Linux Mint fanatic wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

Dork-Day for Wallies!

I keep Windows 8, had to update a few years ago for software
compatibility reasons, and run Debian, Mint and Ubuntu in VMs.

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:38:43 +0000, Linux-Mint-User wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

There's a reason why you shouldn't give your grandma a Linux PC.
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:43:02 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:

I strongly believe that people will upgrade to Windows 11, even if a lot
of them will to have buy new hardware, because many people are used to commercially licensed software, they use. And wine is no option, under
Linux for that, me thinks.

The hardware people certainly hope so.

Installing Linux, with the help of online tutorials, shoud be easy
enough for Windows users. I think the majority is using Ubuntu and not
Mint.

Ubuntu certainly is an easy install, particularly if you're going to nuke Windows, point the installer at the drive and say 'do your thing'. I'm
running Ubuntu on this box. GNOME isn't my favorite DE though. The Fedora
box has KDE which I think is much closer to the Windows experience.

I fired up a Mint Live with Cinnamon but didn't see any compelling reason
to prefer it. MATE is similar as far as I can see.

I have Xfce on the Debian box but I don't think it's as newbie friendly.
It doesn't have the animations and stuff that I dislike anyway. I don't
know how many Win10 users use the Aero derived stuff like shaking title
bars, snapping, and so forth and would miss it.
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On 14 Oct 2025, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> posted some news:ml8iroF4s9U1@mid.individual.net:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:43:02 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:

I strongly believe that people will upgrade to Windows 11, even if a
lot of them will to have buy new hardware, because many people are
used to commercially licensed software, they use. And wine is no
option, under Linux for that, me thinks.

The hardware people certainly hope so.

Installing Linux, with the help of online tutorials, shoud be easy
enough for Windows users. I think the majority is using Ubuntu and
not Mint.

Ubuntu certainly is an easy install, particularly if you're going to
nuke Windows, point the installer at the drive and say 'do your
thing'. I'm running Ubuntu on this box. GNOME isn't my favorite DE
though. The Fedora box has KDE which I think is much closer to the
Windows experience.

I fired up a Mint Live with Cinnamon but didn't see any compelling
reason to prefer it. MATE is similar as far as I can see.

I have Xfce on the Debian box but I don't think it's as newbie
friendly. It doesn't have the animations and stuff that I dislike
anyway. I don't know how many Win10 users use the Aero derived stuff
like shaking title bars, snapping, and so forth and would miss it.

I'll keep W10 as a VM, run W11 as the host, Kali and Mint as VMs or from
USBs. It's been working fine.

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On 14 Oct 2025, JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> posted some news:1l2h8m3rtgirj$.15zepe9ld5e23$.dlg@40tude.net:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:38:43 +0000, Linux-Mint-User wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

There's a reason why you shouldn't give your grandma a Linux PC.

+1

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:57:20 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio wrote:

I'll keep W10 as a VM, run W11 as the host, Kali and Mint as VMs or from USBs. It's been working fine.

I no longer have access to a Win10 box but I can't think of a reason for keeping it around.
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On 14/10/2025 11:38 pm, Linux-Mint-User wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mwfxhT69i68

Don't get started on windows 11 spyware, get Linux Mint now. There
are many Linux distros but 'MINT' would be the best distro if
you're a windows user, Linux Mint is a very similar operating
system. You won't regret it and no more bloated windows spyware.

Linux Mint, Easy As Windows download: https://linuxmint.com/

Only monks and nuns can switch from Windoes to Linux??? :)
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Why not use Windows 11 with is very cool and integrated sandbox,
or Windows 11 with Tails, instead of Mint?

Great idea! - NOT! That way W11 can take snapshots of everything you
do and send it to psychopath Gates and your government to rummage
through. Does Tails mask the W11 second by second screen snapshots?
Does it prevent your data from being sent to MS? I don't think so.
I am running an external Opnsense firewall and so far it has tried to
send data with W10 and its many mystery services, not only to MS, but
to all kinds of other companies like Google, Amazon, etc. It
consistently tries to send out data. I have blocked over 2100 IPs thus
far. W10 (and most assuredly W11) contstantly fishes for different IPs
to breach Opnsense.

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