I recently swapped my Dad’s Windows computer with my old one, which I installed Linux on ahead of time.

I told him it was a much faster machine - which it was just slightly in the hardware sense, a very minor upgrade. A half-truth to encourage the transition.

But of course, it’s running Linux, not Windows.

There were some pain points getting him set up and moving all his files over, but I said just give it a go and see how you feel.

Next day he phones me up really happy that it’s “so much faster than the old machine!”

And it really is a lot faster, but it’s not the hardware. It’s just not getting bogged down with all the crap Windows constantly does in the background.

Either way, mission accomplished.