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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and  Mac
Date: 24 Apr 2015 21:26:21 GMT
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On 2015-04-24, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2015-04-24, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-04-24 09:08:55 +0000, Crosby Livingston said:
>>
>>> Interesting article for the best distros to switch to if you're on
>>> Windows & Mac, especially if you're still on WinXP like I am.
>>> 
>>> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-linux-distro-first-time-switchers-windows-mac/ 
>>> 
>>
>> Sigh...
>> Here we go again.
>>
>> For those of us using OSX the question remains, why switch?
>
> Because you want to install and run the software you want to, not what
> Apple says you have to.

Hyperbole. I can run more software on Macs than on Linux/Window PCs.

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