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  • Re: What is the most popular newsgroup for general discussion about Linux?

    From Mick Finnlay@Mick.Finnlay@yopmail.com to alt.comp.freeware on Wed Nov 12 15:39:16 2025
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    "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote:

    eventually it was the lack of application choice that made me give up
    each time.

    You will still find areas where Windows apps are more polished, powerful
    etc etc. That's why I moved my whole Win7 install and a separate Win10
    install into VBox VMs on my Linux boxen. I still use four Windows apps
    on a daily basis (eg my old trusty Agent used to post this) and a few
    others every now and then.

    I see two obvious ways to get on the Linux bandwagon without killing
    your Windows install: install a user-friendly distro as dual-boot and
    switch between both OSs on boot. Or install VBox on your Windows install
    and install a user-friendly distro in a VM, play with that until you're comfortable with it and then dual-boot or even remove Windows (with
    possibly moving your Win install into a VM as I did... it's pretty straightforward).

    As to what distro... I've switched 7 years ago to then Linux MX v18 and
    am now on MX23 with planning to update to MX25 one of these days. I
    tested various other distros but none had the combination of power and
    ease of use that MX had.

    MX has some unique features, the most important ones its collection of
    MX utilities and the ability to run a full install off an existing
    Windows installation (meaning you don't need repartition and reformat
    your drive... that's what I did all those years ago). It also has a very
    lively and helpful forum.
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    Mick
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  • From John C.@r9jmg0@yahoo.com to alt.comp.freeware on Thu Nov 13 03:21:23 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware

    Mike Easter wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Mike, I'm not totally a novice at Linux. It's been a while, but in the
    past I have run OpenSUSE, Mint and some other distro that started with
    an "M", maybe Manjaro.) I grew comfortable with each of them but
    eventually it was the lack of application choice that made me give up
    each time.

    Well, you haven't yet made it clear (to me) what you are trying to do
    (with linux and your activities), so it is hard to give useful
    suggestions or advice.

    Mike, I didn't *ASK* for anything in the OP other than what the most
    popular newsgroup for Linux was. That's it! And that question has been answered.

    I don't think the subject of this thread is as useful as you might think.

    'general discussion about linux'?  who wants that?

    'most popular newsgroup'?  IMO that would likely be aolm I mentioned earlier, but a very great many 'discussions' about linux related things
    take place in webforums instead of ng/s because of the waning popularity
    of usenet in recent years.

    It seems to me you need to discuss how to go about whatever it is you
    want to do w/ linux, not the subject of this thread.

    No Mike, I'm through with participating in this thread. I obtained the
    answer I needed.

    Over and out.
    --
    John C. No ad, CD, cripple, demo, nag, pay, pirated, share, spy,
    time-limited, trial or web wares for me please. I filter crossposts,
    various trolls & dizum.com. This makes ACF easier to read. Take back
    tech corporations from India & industry back from China.
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