Listen I’m all for Linux and use it myself, but this is not the way to get people to switch. Even I’m starting to get annoyed by all the answers in these threads being “Just switch to Linux, there are definitely no problems and it’s a 1:1 workflow.” (Yes, hyperbole. But you get the idea.) If a user has an issue and does not want, or cannot, switch to Linux, then Linux is not the solution.
You’re not wrong. They’re still stuck in the “abusive relationship” with MS. In fact you’re absolutely right. But trying to push Linux onto these people like this only results in their view of Linux getting worse, and makes them more likely to stay on Windows to avoid the insufferable Linux users. It’s coming from a good place, but it’s honestly not helping. Every solution needs to consider the user’s use case and their parameters, or else it doesn’t matter. In the end what you’re saying is not wrong at all, but you’re still not offering the right solution.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I have a way for you both:
Give two solutions, one short-term and second long-term.
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 10 months ago
I’m not a Windows user, nor expert. Why should I concern myself with Windows problems? I use Linux so that I don’t have to bother with that shit.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Then don’t bother and don’t give a solution. Or at least say “I don’t know if there is a short-term solution in a form of simple switch, but I know if we switch from Windows in long-term there won’t br such problems ever again”.
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Again, I’m not going to silence or censor myself for some random internet bully like you. Who the fuck are you to say what kind of advise I can and cannot give? Get lost.