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Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think
Date	2026-04-01 20:30 +0000
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:54:37 -0400, -hh wrote:

> If memory serves, Linux PCs were sold in some US stores ... Best Buy?
> 
> In any event, those brick & mortars dropped that product years ago, so
> it clearly wasn't a viably profitable business for them.

Back around 2000 I bought a shrink wrapped SuSE distro, iirc there were 
other distros on the shelf. That's different since I'm not sure there are 
boxed distros anymore.

Any PC I bought there was Windows, at least when it went out the door.

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Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 06:20 +0000
  Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 08:59 -0400
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-31 19:57 +0000
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 16:34 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 19:16 -0400
  Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 10:02 -0400
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 21:19 +0000
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-04-01 12:54 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-04-01 14:42 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:30 +0000
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-09 12:59 -0400
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 19:02 -0400
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-04-01 06:42 -0500
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-01 08:27 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-01 12:47 -0400
          Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-01 13:07 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 07:12 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-04-14 12:25 +0000
          Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 09:17 -0400
            Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Nick Charles - 2026-04-14 22:02 -0400
          Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-14 16:58 -0400
            Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-05-03 11:42 -0400
              Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-03 13:32 -0400
                Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-05-03 20:58 +0000
                Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-05-03 22:39 +0100
                Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-05-03 22:15 +0000
                Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 00:22 +0000
                Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-04 09:02 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-14 08:36 -0400
          Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-05-03 11:39 -0400
            Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-03 13:27 -0400
            Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-03 17:43 +0000
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-14 18:03 +0000

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