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To: vikingd00d

I’ve installed Linux Mint Cinnamon/Virginia on TWO former Windoze machines (IBM Lenovo Laptop and an INTEL NUC mini) and couldn’t be happier.

Why the trouble?

That crash that took out Win 10/11 machines last month? Also took out Win 7+ on the NUC; I’d already had Linux running on the laptop for about a year just to figure it out.

I’m not missing anything.


5 posted on 08/21/2024 3:58:47 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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To: normbal

“I’m not missing anything.”

Yep, I’m nine years in on Linux now. Should have done it even sooner.


6 posted on 08/21/2024 4:07:24 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: normbal

That’s okay. Your particular distro was one of the first compromises in this years Pwn2Own at BlackHat. Windows 11? Fifth. So you can continue living in your belief that Linux is natively secure. If you can’t work in Linux without the CLI, you’re relying on a volunteer community to keep you safe.


7 posted on 08/21/2024 4:43:48 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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