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From: Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject: Re: How do home users of linux protect themselves against ill-advised changes?
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:12:01 +0000
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On 05/01/15 16:50, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-01-05, Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> wrote:
>
>> For one, if it's your job, you should look at other distros from time to
>> time.
>
> Why?
>

*sigh*

So that you remained informed as to alternatives.

I'm not saying everyone can use or test every distro, but it would be 
dereliction to not make an effort to remain informed and open minded 
about some alternatives in any field.