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Mark in Jackson Lake, Georgia called in to share his experience with Linux
Mark said: “Greetings Dave, Kam and Chris. You may recall I had asked about the upcoming Windows 11 requiring an upgrade or lose support for Windows 10. As recommended. I hooked up with Linux Mint and it was successful as a boot from the USB drive. I’m finding, however, there’s some things about Linux that just arent my favorite. One is the use of a Bluetooth mouse seems to be a problem, and also I need to add most of my items again, my apps and so forth. So I’m probably going to be looking at a new computer come this fall. But I want to thank you for the advice. It was very interesting to learn a little bit about Linux, and I still think for some people this could be the solution. Thank you for all you do. And, continue on Into Tomorrow.”
Mark, you werent really asking, but a Bluetooth mouse should work just fine under Linux (H on our team says hes using one now, under Ubuntu not Mint, but theyre both Debian-based so it should be fairly similar). He says that may be a driver issue.
Having to add everything again including finding new programs to do what the old ones did is definitely going to be a process for people who switch though.
Thank you, Mark!
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