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Sensible advice if you plan to help someone to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:26 pm
by thomasl
https://blog.simon-frey.eu/how-switchin ... nd-support
EDIT: The article explains how (and gives some basic useful tips as) to help someone new to Linux switch to a Linux system.
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:30 pm
by fehlix
Please do not post only a link. At minimum do please also explain why you think
somebody should click this link, e.g. what is it about.
If it is so important for you to share this link, do also explain a bit,
within the posted message text.
Thanks
fehlix
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:17 pm
by Captain Brillo
Ok.
If you want to introduce someone to Linux, this article is brilliant.
My s/o was faced with a done-deal, she survived.
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:35 pm
by Artim
That's a pretty good one on how tohelp someone who may be motivated to find an alternative. Like "Windows rot," the term given by some techs to describe the gradual slowdown of processes and such in Windows.
If there's no compelling reason to switch, people just aren't going to do it. For me it was keeping an aging but perfectly good computer from going to waste. It didn't make sense to replace a working machine just because some big ol' megacorp says I "have to" because they're not supporting it anymore.
People need a reason of their own to switch from Win or Mac to 'Nix or BSD. Trying to persuade people to switch for philosophical reasons or even for money won't motivate most people.
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:50 pm
by figueroa
What does s/o mean?
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:04 pm
by Libernux
Some one
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:21 pm
by PhilH
It sometimes means Significant Other (who may need more help than "some one")
Re: Sensible advice if you plan to help s/o to switch to Linux
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:35 am
by thomasl
fehlix wrote: Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:30 pmPlease do not post only a link. At minimum do please also explain why you think
somebody should click this link, e.g. what is it about.
If it is so important for you to share this link, do also explain a bit,
within the posted message text.
First I thought the Subject line was enough of an explanation. Second I was in a hurry. Won't happen again.