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usonian

(26,593 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:54 AM Oct 2025

My brother, the least techie person on earth, got tired of Windows updates regularly wiping all his device drivers.

He ended up with a Dell linux system, sold and serviced by Dell ( only sold online), and after some questions about substitute programs (Libre Office, Shotwell etc. ) he hasn't asked questions in years.

"It just works"

Ubuntu

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