Post #3426578

2026-06-27 11:40 UTC

Thanks for the write up these are always good to read. As for convincing people for the first few months on linux its best to not proselytizing to much. Once you understand the pros and cons better then proselytizing is fine. I personally find it most effective to never tell someone they should switch or make them feel bad for not using linux. I just talk about linux positively and my own experiences with it and naturally people are like oh that sounds pretty cool. I usually dont hand hold either if they want to switch I straight up say there will be software you cant run and you will have to learn how to use it. I tell them some of their games wont work and point them to protondb. They are always pleasantly surprised at how many games work. I think the privacy argument is not at all convincing for most people they just dont value it at all. the best argument I’ve found is that Linux is efficient and quick, it gets out of your way and there are cool features that the other operating systems dont have. I cringe so hard when I see people advertise linux as faster than windows, just works no issue completely easy transition because i know linux and I know something weird will break and shatter the illusion and they will feel extra bad because all they know about linux was that it was a super good just works experience. So I act like there will be minor issues and then they can be surprised if there is none and ready if there are some.

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@nootux@lemmy.ml 2026-06-28 05:15

You are welcome. Thank you for the helpful and informative reply. I think I will take a step back and just use linux for me. Like you say, take some time to get used to it and learn more about it. Also, take a break from trying to inform others of what is really going on with big tech. To be honest I am getting tired of being ostracised over all this. I want to help them see but it is clear they just cling to their existing beliefs. Even though when something goes wrong with their computer they come to me. This is something else I plan to take a step back on. You are right on the privacy point, I once did not care either so I understand the mentality. But that was a long time ago. It is only now I have decided to do something more drastic about it as I have began to see where it is all headed and wanted out. Linux is just a part of that but it is one of the more drastic efforts for me to implement. In my opinion, every OS has their pros and cons, and they all break in one way or another from time to time. I am under no illusion that linux is a magic OS that just works. I have fixed enough computer problems to know things go wrong. Hence the precautions I have made in the switch. I know much of the time it is user error so I have taken steps to have recovery options if I do something wrong or something unexpected happens. I plan to created virtual machines to tinker with rather than the installation I am running on. I think your way of thinking about things is very sound and I shall be taking your advice to heart. Thank you.

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