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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

ah yes a classic xenia posting, these never get old.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Decades ago, i was there when they tried to crush Linux, never trust those fucks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

And now they use Linux for their backend.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"I knew, there's a reason why I haven't upgraded to 11, and once I'll be forced to do so, I'll be using some hacked version to get rid of most of the bloat that still has the upgrades, and doesn't put Brave as its default browser - no thanks, I don't need a Chromium browser for anything else beyond sites that broken on Firefox due to lack of testing and/or intentional breaking even with spoofed user-agent string (I'm looking at you, government websites).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"I'm looking at you, government website"

I don't think there is any browser that government sites actually work on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Internet Explorer 6

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

You dropped this: "

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why do you think I'm using Linux mint now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why is everyone moving to Mint?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Mint is pretty good at "it just works" thing and has a very friendly UI. It also comes with a few very handy tools developed in house by the Mint team (though these can be installed on other Debian/Ubuntu based distros). It's usually high on the list of recommended distros for people new to Linux or who just need general purpose computing without a lot of fuss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Because I had experience with Ubuntu in the past & wanted to give mint a try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Seconding this. Along with the fact that Ubuntu wouldn't work properly when I tried it. I had an issue with the installer that prevented me from downloading anything. So I tried mint and it just worked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How are you finding it so far?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

So far I like it. All I want from my operating system is to just work & not spy on me/be secure.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mostly because it's similar enough to Window's GUI, while not being Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Makes sense then, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To attract horny single women in your area?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

We all know that Linux users have the most guarantee to get laid

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