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[โ€“] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[โ€“] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Zorin and Mint are frequently recommended foe Windows users. With Zorin having paid support for schools etcetera.

Zorin is a bit more commercial but it looks good and not much can go wrong.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Windows may be rich but if you chose to be an enemy, burn the source like Ledger. Anarchy doesn't need Mani Mani, just Love.

[โ€“] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I was replying to the likely mistype of "foe." It was probably meant to be "for" but I simply addressed it as it was written.

[โ€“] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

I used zorin when I first switched like 5 years ago, ended up on fedora not too soon after and haven't left. It was a good stepping stone for me though.

[โ€“] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Because 100k people found it when they tried to find a Linux

[โ€“] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Someone asking why isn't inherently saying no.

[โ€“] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Someone asking why not isn't inherently negative.