• Optional@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    That’s partially true. The non-tech-savvy friends and family though need us to fix their Windows machines more or less constantly, and at some point we’re not going to.

    For me it was about 10 years ago when I forced everyone on to Mac at gunpoint just because I couldn’t do Windows any.more. And even then it was another 6 years of explaining the differences in macOS and troubleshooting “office”. Now when a friend’s co-worker has a “computer problem” (read: Windows) I just say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and I gotta tell ya it’s friggin sweet.

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      7 months ago

      That’s always been my policy. I never used apples so I gave a big 'ol shrug if that’s what needed fixing.

      Once I get more comfortable with Linux, I’ll be giving the same shrug to windows troubleshooting.

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        7 months ago

        Daily use of Linux & MacOS is virtually identical. Same terminal commands. Similar file system standards. You have homebrew as a package manager on MacOS. You use whatever comes with your distro on Linux (dnf, apt-get, I forget the arch Linux one. Yaort? Yum?)

        Really I see no reason for anyone to stay on Windows. You can play 99% of games on Linux these days. I’m not exaggerating, it’s very specific multi-player games that don’t work.

        Maybe if you use specific software for a niche industry or purpose then it’s worth having Linux. But even in those cases, you can just use a VM.

        That’s what I do on my MacBook pro. I have a VM with windows just to run a specific program a couple times a week.

        On my desktop at home I just use Linux and have for the last 10 years or so

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      7 months ago

      You wouldn’t tell that to your grandma in her late 80s, who, unlike some grandmas, is utterly computer-illiterate, can only click pictures in Windows, doesn’t understand even that TBH, and won’t in that age learn anything new.

      Then there’s a question of whether you’ll tell that to a girl with warm smile, long brown hair and luminous eyes if the situation arises.

      Then there’s that friend whose ‘computer problem’ prevents him from playing Factorio with you.

      Life is more complex.