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   Hello Barry!   
      
   09 Jun 2025 16:52, Barry Davis wrote to All:   
      
    BD> I am looking to switch one of my PCs to some flavor of Linux since it    
    BD> can only run WIN10 (CPU keeps it from going to 11). I do use the PC for   
   some    
    BD> gaming so looking for a distro that is easy to work with as I am still   
   kinda a    
    BD> Linux noob. Some people were recommending Mint to use. Something that   
   would    
    BD> help setup Windows based games using WINE or whatever would be nice.   
      
   take the harddisk out, install a empty harddisk, then reinstall windows 11   
      
   windows is just stupid software at times   
      
   google is your friend on this, even old computers like nitendo gameboy runs   
   windows   
      
   want linux ?, then i can say gentoo or freebsd so you never need precompiled   
   problems anymore :)   
      
   if want precompiled, then gentoo also support binhost   
      
   stay away from ubuntu and debian, why ?, its non default pkgs, so original   
   software is changed, makes asking for help lots harder then if it was original   
   software that was not tempted with   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... too late to die young :)   
      
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