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Now why would you do something like that?

He did it so he could make his point.

He neglects to say that she would responded the exact same way if he gave her the choice between Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows 11. He also neglects to mention that he would've set it up for her and chose his particular favorite version of Windows.

He tend to set up straw men so he can demolish them.

I’m sorry... Since WHEN does a computer purchase at Best Buy come with a question of which version of windows you will want to have installed on it? Talk about setting up a strawman.

Gramma is never confused by such choices, in windows.

Unlike Linux, where you would have to explain what the latest ‘distro’ is, and the benefits of one ‘distro’ over another, and how you can change it if you want, because NO ONE (except Linux Geeks like you) EVER DOES THAT.

You can always be counted on to tell the group about the latest ‘distro’s that come out and how wonderful this new one is, and fail (over and over) to see my actual point.

My point (and only point) is that Linux got beaten by Windows because of such technical choices, choices that MOST consumers don’t care about. And that is why Microsoft is a gazillionaire company, not anything Linux.

And you always prove my point by missing that, every time.

I also make it a point to try (and TRY) to tell you that I WORK IN BOTH SYSTEMS, for over 30 years, doing low level embedded Linux, and that I know Linux is superior for many reasons- EXCEPT COMMERICAL VIABILITY.

So, what point are you trying to make? Am I wrong about that? Or that I am ignorant because I don’t worship Linux?

I don't know how you post these threads knowing the same group of people are going to jump on it every time and claim how the average user could never use Linux. It would drive me crazy.

Some peripherals like printers can be an issue but that's when you shop for something compatible just like Mac users had to do for a long time and still have to watch out for. Doesn't help that the manufacturers come out with new models every few years that don't actually do anything new but need new drivers.

I've been using various flavors of Ubuntu for 15 years and do more than most users.

Did this with GIMP which people say is unusable. (family pic for a genealogy website I made)

Look what people are creating with Krita, a KDE program, https://krita-artists.org/c/artwork/5/l/top

Professional French cartoonist that uses all open source - https://www.davidrevoy.com/index.php?tag/linux

—”Now why would you do something like that?”

The SSD on my wife’s laptop started spitting errors about a month out of warranty and the Win backups were on the same SSD...

I replaced the SSD and installed Ubuntu, a faster and easier install.
Our daughter, a network tech, stopped by and said, ‘MOM WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RUN LINUX!’...

My wife looked it over and ask for a few minor changes, location of the clock...

SANE the scanner driver was driving me insane, but I was used to it because the WINDOWS driver for her Epson scanner was also a problem after one lengthy MS update.

Yes, a few formatting issues going from WORD to Libre Office...Better with each update...

And finding a solitaire game to her liking, she settled on Pasjans.

I have installed it on over a dozen friends and neighbors’ computers...

No matter how they or their grandkids screwed up the OS, I can usually replace it in the time it takes to have a nice cup of coffee.
Windows problems for me are like jumping down the rabbit hole with Alice. No, I will not give them the name of my firstborn son... or my email password!