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On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:17:59 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

> So do all versions of Linux come with a built-in Python interpreter?

'All' is a dangerous qualifier but any version I've installed did. They 
may be different versions. Linux Mint is 3.12.3, Ubuntu 25.10 is 3.13.7, 
and Fedora and Arch are both 3.14.2.  You can have multiple versions 
installed and manage them with uv but those are the defaults.