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To: ro_dreaming

Stop using windoze. Linux Mint (on laptop I’m using now) is great.

Took this old laptop that was unable to run win10, loaded Linux Mint on it and now it works like a brand new laptop.

I use yahoo e-mail. Screw microsoft, gates and windoze.
Did you know, 2min of each hour of windoze use, it’s reporting back to ms?


2 posted on 08/17/2024 6:47:54 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: bicyclerepair

“Took this old laptop that was unable to run win10, loaded Linux Mint on it and now it works like a brand new laptop.”

Yep, did that over 8 years ago and haven’t looked back since. :)


6 posted on 08/17/2024 7:07:52 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: bicyclerepair

“2min of each hour of windoze use, it’s reporting back to ms?”

That is what the “Windows was not shu down properly” message is all about. It didn’t get the chance to send in it’s use report logs and needs to phone home and catch up on those.


8 posted on 08/17/2024 7:12:02 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: bicyclerepair
Stop using windoze. Linux Mint (on laptop I’m using now) is great.

The OP did not ask for advice on OSes. He is using Windows, likely needs to. I have a dual boot, but there is no FileMaker Pro equivalent in Linux, and LibreOffice Calc is no match for Excel.

That said, for Linux or Windows, Thunderbird will do the job for mail.
17 posted on 08/17/2024 7:44:23 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: bicyclerepair

Yahoo for me. I tried and used a number of options over the years since Pine email, and Yahoo has worked out the best over time. I suggest using an ad blocker with it though.


22 posted on 08/17/2024 8:14:21 AM PDT by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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