• Sludge@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    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

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      2 hours ago

      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?

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      6 hours ago

      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

      Edit: Oh and many of us have been getting people to switch or dual boot, and getting others to help out the effort. So definitely seeing the first fruits of that.

      Can’t wait for us to get 15% then 30% seeing Linux hardware, and devices gradually become everywhere

    • edgyspazkid@lemmy.wtf
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      7 hours ago

      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.

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      11 hours ago

      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.