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		tablespoon on Jan 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phon... > Installing Linux is often far easier than installing Windows nowadays, and multiple distributions offer long-time support. Even if that's true, most computer users don't install Windows. It comes preinstalled. > It's an excellent way of getting more life out of semi-old systems. Maybe so, but it's not nearly as good of an option as getting continued support for your preinstalled OS.

ecdouvhr on Jan 26, 2022 [–]

Both are valid points, but you did write that Linux is harder to install and maintain. I disagree on those two points.

Pre-installed with a decent support plan is hard to beat regardless if it's Windows, MacOS or something like Linux Mint.

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