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On 1/1/26 23:55, Axel wrote:

one thing in particular that has become obvious to me about LM v Winx,
is that I can just turn it on and use it! With windose there was always something that needed doing.. a virus scan, defrag, update apps, clean registry, software updates, driver updates, run maintenance app, etc.,
It seemed I almost spent as much time trying to keep Winx running well,
as I did using it. With LM it's just one click of the 'shield' for everything.

Prezactly...That is why I started running Mint 15 years ago and never
went back to Windoze. I am in no way a power user, geek, or even use a computer for anything but browsing, newsgroups, file splitting, and
photo enhancing. The few times I have need for the terminal, I have a
cheat sheet. Copy and paste is my friend. :)
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We all do better when we all do better.

Paul Wellstone
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Skeezix LaRocca wrote:

On 1/1/26 23:55, Axel wrote:

one thing in particular that has become obvious to me about LM v
Winx, is that I can just turn it on and use it! With windose there
was always something that needed doing.. a virus scan, defrag, update
apps, clean registry, software updates, driver updates, run
maintenance app, etc., It seemed I almost spent as much time trying
to keep Winx running well, as I did using it. With LM it's just one
click of the 'shield' for everything.

Prezactly...That is why I started running Mint 15 years ago and never
went back to Windoze. I am in no way a power user, geek, or even use a computer for anything but browsing, newsgroups, file splitting, and
photo enhancing. The few times I have need for the terminal, I have a
cheat sheet. Copy and paste is my friend. :)

:)
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Linux Mint 22.2

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Axel wrote:

vallor wrote:

At Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:55:01 +1100, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

one thing in particular that has become obvious to me about LM v
Winx, is that I can just turn it on and use it! With windose there
was always something that needed doing.. a virus scan, defrag, update
apps, clean registry, software updates, driver updates, run
maintenance app, etc., It seemed I almost spent as much time trying
to keep Winx running well, as I did using it. With LM it's just one
click of the 'shield' for everything.

I share your sentiments, and I think Linux Mint's maintenance
is minimal. Isn't it nice to have a trustworthy platform, with
low maintenance, which let's you do more of the computing
that _you_ want to do? (I think so!)

yes indeed

Many businesses work diligently to provide us with work,
to make us think that they are eager to make life easy for us.
Regards,
H.
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RonB wrote:

Good grief, I had no idea Windows has gotten this bad. Why would anyone use >who didn't have to?

Is it like religion? You believe, what your parents believed in.
Regards,
H.
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On 2026-01-04, Heinz Schmitz <sch@example.invalid> wrote:

RonB wrote:

Good grief, I had no idea Windows has gotten this bad. Why would anyone use >>who didn't have to?

Is it like religion? You believe, what your parents believed in.

Regards,
H.

In my case, not true (either with an OS or religion). My dad, disgusted with Mormons I guess (where he attended for a short while) told me that God
didn't exist. Even at that age I didn't believe him.
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"Not just stupid... Trump stupid."
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