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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers
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My family had 3 windows machines a few years ago. Now we have 3 Linux machines.
I know we're not representative of the public at large, but my siblings are interested in transitioning... My friends are having more and more gripes with windows lately... Seems like a revolution is on the horizon. Never seen this sort of willingness, so who knows
Oh, typical Linux- oh wait, not that way.
It's a slippery slope. Linux - the gateway drug to gender dysphoria 😏
Just to echo you. Same, we went to Linux transitioned one computer almost two years ago, then all four in our house slowly. We've been windows free for over a year now.
Honestly I don't think Windows could ever get my family back.
The only Windoes PC in my house is my work PC, and I barely touch it at home.
Good on you all!!!
Hope you and your family can help others make the switch too.
Nobody deserves to stay over on the horrible side
I gave away my old pc to my grandpa and installed a Linux Mint on it. This will prob be better 100% than win 11. He only uses pc for simple things like browsing internet and office work. Installed ONLYOFFICE which is 1:1 Microso.
Trying to convince my dad rn.
And did you help setup any of those machines?
Now imagine a family that doesn't have a tech guy like you. You think they would ever be able to install any OS, let alone Linux?
That's the thing: Many families have a tech guy. The son who knows computers. The neighbor. The dude from work. And yes, if you are able to read, you can install a Linux. It's not that complicated and there are a lot of really good instructions online.
For the arch machine, not a chance. For the fedora silver blue machine? Yeah the process was super easy. The hardest part was probably getting the iso on a USB stick, but my wife walked through the initial setup with me via the GUI installer. It was no harder and much faster than a Windows install via a USB stick.
I don't think my mom could do it solo.
Regardless, it's pretty much set it and forget it, so if I'm visiting - could setup in 20 minutes and from that point onward no intervention required from me.
It's not rocket science but I get that some people will just want to use whatever is pre installed or whatever was configured for them.