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ItsjustMe

(11,971 posts) Fri Apr 21, 2023, 03:05 AM Apr 2023

Just Switched from linux to Windows and I must say the transition was smooth - Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/12t3kn4/windows_11_review_god_bless_windows/

I bailed on Linux way back in 2007, and I have no regrets.

As I recall, the worldwide market share for Linux In 2007 was about 8% to 9%.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide
It is now about 3%.

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Just Switched from linux to Windows and I must say the transition was smooth - Reddit (Original Post) ItsjustMe Apr 2023 OP

Next up: how to disable air bags and fill those crazy pneumatic tires with straw. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2023 #1

Ha ha heh...good to know. My nephew gave me a copy of Linux a long time ago, I never touched SWBTATTReg Apr 2023 #2

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

1. Next up: how to disable air bags and fill those crazy pneumatic tires with straw.

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Fri Apr 21, 2023, 03:39 AM

Apr 2023

SWBTATTReg

(26,399 posts)

2. Ha ha heh...good to know. My nephew gave me a copy of Linux a long time ago, I never touched

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Fri Apr 21, 2023, 05:02 AM

Apr 2023

it, being a MS Windows fan (and I was very happy w/ it). Only 3%? Perhaps like so many other languages, oper. systems, etc., they will find a niche that they are best suited for, and remain around forever it seems like.

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