• Caveman
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    3511 months ago

    Installing Linux will save them. 240M computers.

    • @[email protected]
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      1511 months ago

      Yeah good luck explaining how to install, use and maintain Linux to people who can barely do email.

      • Caveman
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        1011 months ago

        I’m not gonna tell them to install Arch from scratch. I’d wipe-install Pop for 10$ because it’s literally just clicking “next” a couple of time while watching TV.

        • GladiusB
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          211 months ago

          Installing Lime and Untabu is easy as hell. The issue is games. I cannot with good confidence intall it on my kid’s laptop and think it won’t break to play what he wants to play. We are divorced. It happens. But devs for Pete’s sake, make games work on every OS. It’s not your choice what we need for our PC needs.

          • Luke
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            311 months ago

            I used to feel that way too, but after trying games on Linux again recently (got a steam deck) I have yet to find a single game that doesn’t work on Linux at this point. I’m not even exaggerating, literally every game I’ve tried works without issue, even if it’s “Windows only”.

            • GladiusB
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              311 months ago

              I have yet to get Fortnite and Fall guys to work. I know there is a steam deck work around. But getting them to work has not ended in a success yet.

    • Ahri Boy 🏳️‍⚧️
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      211 months ago

      Learning how to use open source alternatives to proprietary software on Windows is the starting point before transition to Linux.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      Oh man. What a headache. I’m a seasoned Linux user but I couldn’t get my Nvidia GPU working on my Linux machine.

      I had to switch back to Windows to be productive

    • Ahri Boy 🏳️‍⚧️
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      111 months ago

      Before that, learning how to use open source alternatives to proprietary software on Windows is the starting point before transition to Linux.

    • @[email protected]
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      -811 months ago

      I used to have a positive attitude to Linux and even used Tails but you Linux bros are so annoying I really dislike the OS