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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 25 points 3 months ago (8 children)

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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  • [–] 3 points 3 months 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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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months 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

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