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On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 00:36:32 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:23 this Monday (GMT):
>> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 14:10:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote at 13:51 this Monday (GMT):
>>>>
>>>> Why would you think that? Having the choice and the ability who would
>>>> choose to keep Windows at all?
>>> 
>>> Well, if you grew up with it, there would be a huge learning curve
>>> moving to Linux..
>>
>> Most of that is actually an UNlearning curve, don’t forget. Things that
>> you expect to have to worry about, that actually you don’t.
> 
> 
> Right, but that still would be difficult to unlearn.

If you progressed from CP/M and DOS there wasn't that much to unlearn. 
I've nothing against GUIs but I'm usually not far from Konsole, xterm. 
Windows Terminal or whatever else gives me a command line.