[ubuntu-za] Fwd: Re: Comment on Microsoft “tricks” users into upgrading to Windows 10

[Frans de waal]

I feel the pain,  my wife also is a Windows addic 😨
My daughter was however raised on Linux and are just as comfortable on a
Windows pc since she learned to explore without fearbof formatting the pc
On 26 May 2016 12:27, "Matthew French" <matthew at gillyweed.co.za> wrote:

> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
> On 26/05/2016 11:19, Miles wrote:
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>> Typical
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>> Give him a piece of your mind...
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> Ah, but to what end?
>
> Unfortunately this is a problem Linux has been battling for decades - the
> primacy of knowledge.
>
> For many people introduced to computers for the first time via
> DOS/Windows, Windows represents the way a computer should work. All their
> experience and habits have been developed to cope with Windows. Thus when
> faced with something new, it doesn't work the way they think it should work
> and therefore is not better. Those habits developed to work around
> shortcomings in Windows can't just be dropped because the new system
> doesn't need them. It takes a while to see how a new environment works.
>
> It is not just Linux, I have seen this numerous times with Apple Macs as
> well.
>
> The clue this is happening is in the statement: "...it was not easy to use
> or to tweak...". Having watched new users on Linux I don't think it is fair
> to say it is not easy to use, it is just different. And saying Windows is
> easy to tweak but Linux is not is only true if the author considers
> tweaking as a process of changing Windows settings and wants to be able to
> change those same settings on Linux.
>
> As for boring... the reason I *don't* use Linux every day is because it is
> too exciting[1]. Too much happening, too much changing, too many new ways
> to solve old problems. So many cool utilities to play with. So many
> different window managers. So many distributions. On the other hand I have
> Windows 10 on my gaming computer, but I can't tell the difference between
> it and Windows 7. If you want boring...
>
> Arguing with someone whose only real frame of reference is Windows will
> just make them dig in and re-enforce their opinion. I think a better
> strategy is to suggest that Linux works well for you and to point out that
> it takes a little time to adapt, and that some things will be different.
>
> - Matthew
>
> [1] Okay the real reason is the corporate decision makers have decided
> Windows. If I could reformat my laptop without a world of hurt descending
> upon me from the IT/Security department it would be a Linux box by
> tomorrow.
>
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