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Don't fall for the trap (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My new excuse is, "I only know linux, I don't know anything about windows."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Stare at their computer blankly
"Wait, they got rid of the green hill????"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But that’s where I kept my emails. How do I get back to that hill?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"... don't you have a cloud or something for going back to the hill ??"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

(Actually, ever since NES, he had vaguely pictured computers as being related to the pipes in that Mario Brothers game)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I do that too but only because it's much easier to help my relatives with Linux than those with Windows.

I even "convert" some people because Llinux is easier for them if I just manage it. I had a neighbor that was using Window on a very old computer, it was slow and choking under the weight of simple updates. Plus, she was always asking me why her computer kept rebooting by itself while it was obviously Windows update. So I installed Mint and all the problems went away.

Anyway I don't want to have to deal with Microsoft accounts, licenses, office365, the general bloat, the ads, the new versions of Windows... I have enough at work, so if I am going to help on my free time, it has to be on the OS I find easier to deal with.