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Seconding that a home-manager setup is probably an easier sell for people already running some kind of Linux.
Also wanted to add that you can make a bootable iso pretty easily too so people could test drive without even committing to a dual boot or install.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=WqjLuFj-TXuUTXZK&v=-G8mN6HJSZE&feature=youtu.be
I haven't tried it personally so maybe it's more of a pain than he makes it look.
Well, I'm setting up home manager and tweaking things for a custom terminal prompt (currently just bash+starship+lsd). I found https://home-manager-options.extranix.com which has a searchable list of all the options and programs it can manage, so I'm just going through and tweaking things here and there. It's a bit more involved than just throwing together a list of programs, but it makes setting everything up a breeze. If and when I'm done I'll try reproducing it on different VM installs to see how easy it is to clone, and then maybe make a post here sharing it if any one is interested.
And I just tried the iso.nix thing, and it does indeed make a bootable iso from your install. I only quickly booted it up in a vm, so I don't know how tweakable it is, but it seemed to work.
Neat! I've got to get around to fiddling with home-manager and flakes still myself.