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What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (no.lastname.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/linux@programming.dev

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The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

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[–] hallettj@leminal.space 53 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I can't think of a good story from personal experience, so I'll share a wild objection from some guy on the internet from, I think 2007. The story pops into my head from time to time. This guy insisted that it would be impossible to create an entire OS that can run from start to finish without the resources of a major software company. He argued that therefore Linux must actually be a pirated, reskinned version of Windows. https://danielandrade.net/posts/linux-windows-misconceptions-tech-story/

I checked the Wayback machine to try to find more messages from that thread because I think he kept posting and doubling down. But pulling up ancient ZDNet forum posts is slow enough that I gave up.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Apple tried to create their own system for years but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

That person can't be real...

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was a quote from the story. 😑

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What is happening, what is it you think I said? Why did you come back a day later and make a second irrelevant comment?

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Omg please kill me 😭

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without Windows.

The naivety.

[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

To be fair, nowadays the Linux kernel does rely quite a bit on resources from major software (and hardware) companies.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

No biggie here. Just one of the pawns in MS's FUD tactics.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's not entirely wrong:

BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called " xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone.

You can learn more here.