If Linux is free and can be set up to look like Windows, why isn't everybody using it?

It is because it just looks like Windows. Back in 2001 to 2004 Lindows OS was a very good look a like Windows operating system. I remember when Walmart and others sold PCs with Lindows on them. …

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NEW IRANIAN LEADER KILLED TODAY-WAITING ON STATEMENT FROM PUTIN The temporarily acting...

NEW IRANIAN LEADER KILLED TODAY-WAITING ON STATEMENT FROM PUTIN The temporarily acting supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Arafeh, was killed today. This was after new strikes on Tehran. Apparen…

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