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[โ€“] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hopefully it's just something like this, not a scam.

[โ€“] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Following up on this? Did you figure it out? Just to be aware of potential scams. ๐Ÿ‘€

[โ€“] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Right now he's using a computer with Windows on it and he couldn't remember the details of where he got Linux from. He said he never managed to get it working. So no useful info, I'm afraid.

[โ€“] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Come back and let us know what you find out, please. If it's a malicious distro, let us know the site so we can warn others.