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Ideas for promoting Linux in YT video? (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 4 days ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Unique ask, but I hope some folks here will help me out a bit. I'm talking with a youtube creator who focuses on waste in society, and they are interested in doing a youtube video on Windows 11 and the planned obsolence around ending Windows 10, and requiring the TPM.

Part of this that I'm pushing is the "Don't throw it out, install Linux". While I can describe a good amount, does anyone have any good resources that you recommend that I can forward on about what Linux is, and why someone may want to look into it? This would be for someone who is non technical - think an average Macbook user.

Appreciate any links or youtube videos or anything you may have stored away for this teaching Linux!

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[โ€“] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you're promoting Linux, I wouldn't teach it at all.

Just show yourself doing stuff on the computer like a normal person on ~~Windows~~ what Windows used to be like.

The biggest hurdle for most users is (I think) the mistaken belief that Linux must be complicated.

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 3 days ago

Agree there, pushing that everyone is using it. I have found with family that using phrasing like "It's similar to ChromeOS", which... it isn't really - but it helps their brains adjust. Like "Okay it'll be different, but yeah I used ChromeOS and it was fine"