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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] tom42@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That after getting used to Linux I will hate to be forced to use less free operating systems.

[–] Resonanz 14 points 1 year ago

Once you go FOSS, you never go back.

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