[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel and Linux newbie. Some Questions

[lcerf]

It's not common for Windows to use symbolic links at all (and the capability  
didn't even exist until Windows Vista, IIRC).

Are you sure? As far as I remember (I have not touched Windows in years), you  
could create shortcuts for any file. The icon had a curvy arrow to symbolize  
the shortcut, hence not a hard link (that would be indistinguishable from the  
original file) if that concept even exists in Windows.