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Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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That kinda did the trick for me since my old PC was starting to struggle with some tasks, so I went and built a new PC recently.
Joke's on Microsoft though, I installed Arch Linux on it instead. It's so much less work to maintain compared to Windows these days.
A relative of mine had also got fed up with the Windows BS and was interested in what I was running, so I got her machine dual booted with Debian now to try it out. She hasn't looked back either, so that to me proves that Linux is ready for non-techies.
My GF is not technical and had an old, old laptop that barely ran, so I gave her an Ubuntu USB drive and helped her boot from it, but she did the install all on her own. She even fixed a printer driver issue by doing some research and installing an updated driver.
But that just goes to show that Linux isn't exactly hard if you know how to read.
The important part is that she is non-technical, not that she’s a woman.
I agree, that's my point
Well half of it, the other half being that there is some magic "technicalness" to reading a wizard. If you aren't doing weird partitioning shit on Linux it's literally like enter your username, password, time zone, and wifi information. It's not fucking hard.
Now if you find me a Linux distro that supports out of box tpm + secureboot + dual boot without requiring Cthulhu-style arcane rituals...sign me up.
My actual point is that most people are idiots who can’t read instructions. I’m not insulting women, I’m insulting everyone.
I’ll remember to simply omit her gender in the future.
Tell you what, show that post to your girlfriend and see what she says. If she's chill I'll take it back.
They think you’re overreacting
Very supportive considering you described her as incompetent, but fair is fair
They admit their lack of experience of Linux, and resent that you consider that incompetence.
Though in much bluer language.