• Hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    Honestly that sounds like a jerk move.

    Quite the opposite,

    Why would you force someone to use Linux?

    In what world is that force ? He wasnt holding a gun to her head, the opposite, he’s freeing her from stupidity.

    Decent people help others, they don’t go along with their stupid ideas before at least trying to convince them its a stupid idea. An allegory perhaps, your friend comes over, they have a 1/2 dozen beers, they’re going to drive home… In your world it seems it’s force to ask them not to and to stay over.

    It isn’t your computer and if you are helping them you should do what they want

    Helping them is the phrase you seem to be confused about. It’s his sister, not his boss at the office.

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      3 days ago

      Some people actually want Windows. That’s not a “stupid idea” and it definitely shouldn’t be compared to drunk driving. I’ve lost people to drunk driving but last time I checked no one died or was fired because they use Windows. The evangelical rhetoric around Linux is harmful to Linux. Don’t go around promoting Linux like it is somehow going to be worlds ahead of Windows.

      If someone is looking for a Windows alternative it might be worth a mention. Don’t turn into some sort of Linux sales person. Linux can be good but it isn’t a Windows alternative. It requires some getting used to.