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chrispop99
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Makeuseof review

#1 Post by chrispop99 »

One of our Facebook regulars has just posted the link to this:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mx-linux- ... ternative/

Pretty good review, I felt.

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Re: Makeuseof review

#2 Post by richb »

Thanks for posting here Chris. Good review to "entice" Windows users. Too bad he did not use MX Tweak to move the panel.
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Re: Makeuseof review

#3 Post by Gordon Cooper »

Some of the commentators may have been blindfolded?
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Re: Makeuseof review

#4 Post by manyroads »

I think it's because I left Win for good right after WinXP that I find articles with a Win focus uninteresting. :( I like MX Linux but not because it looks or behaves 'anything' like Windows. I think it is excellent in its own right. (Just an old opinionated guy... sorry.)
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Re: Makeuseof review

#5 Post by richb »

manyroads wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:29 pm I think it's because I left Win for good right after WinXP that I find articles with a Win focus uninteresting. :( I like MX Linux but not because it looks or behaves 'anything' like Windows. I think it is excellent in its own right. (Just an old opinionated guy... sorry.)
Perhaps uninteresting for us. But the point is interesting for disaffected Windows users looking for something else.
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Re: Makeuseof review

#6 Post by manyroads »

I suppose... but then why have they dallied so long??? ;)
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Artim
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Re: Makeuseof review

#7 Post by Artim »

Kinda weird. When I started with Linux I wanted it to be different from Windows as possible! Now lots of distros are all about making Linux look and behave just like Windows. Yuck!

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GuiGuy
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Re: Makeuseof review

#8 Post by GuiGuy »

manyroads wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:14 pm I suppose... but then why have they dallied so long??? ;)
Perhaps they could tolerate MSWindows until W10 arrived with its forced (and frequently botched) upgrades.

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Pierre
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Re: Makeuseof review

#9 Post by Pierre »

that win-10 is slowly, but surely causing Folks to look for an Alternative System.
:happy:

but, that site can be a bit too Flippant at times, but that review, wasn't too bad, actually.
- a little too brief in it's overview, but nether-less a good appraisal.

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duane
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Re: Makeuseof review

#10 Post by duane »

After using Linux exclusively for a number of years it is hard to put myself in a windows users mindset.
Using Linux since around 2002 I think it was. I just don't think like that anymore.
I purposely left windows because I did not like Microsoft.
So yeah it is hard to remember when I was still tied to Windows because I needed some of their software.
But I have friends and relatives that still use it and I kinda block out that kind of stuff because I am not interested in it anymore.
It is like a habit that I used to have I can't go back to that mindset because I don't do that anymore.

Just my two cents.
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