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    [–] tomyhaw@lemmy.world -2 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    Yea and I bet you installed it for them. If you provide IT support for people than yea totally doable. I switched to android and people call my phone a cheap phone or laugh at it granted the people I hang out with me included are middle class at best and I have a flagship phone and they are rocking iPhone 11s and stuff. Point being marketing is key and open source doesn't have a Nike like following

    [–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 hour ago

    Nah man, you just download an ISO and press next on the install screen.

    I didn't install it for my family, my siblings did and they are labourers. If something went wrong they might ask me but it's been 8 years and I've never had to touch any of the family computers. However, they are only used to browse the web, so not much to go wrong.

    I had to do a lot more maintenance on Windows a decade ago when they used excel for the family business. That was why they switched to Linux, apple sheets with MacOS was vastly more stable but Mac was $$$$, Linux was the better compromise.

    People like to simp for M$ but for stability and simplicity, Linux is vastly simpler for a home user.

    I can't comment on enterprise use, there seems to be a lot of love for Microsoft Group Policies and VMWare among IT professionals, I dont like it but it must be good -- not my area.

    [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 2 hours ago

    Sounds like you need to hang out with better people. I doubt my friends could even tell you what phone I use, and Androids can easily cost more than an iPhone. People who call it cheap are uneducated on the subject and leaning toward shallow at best.

    I installed Mint for my grandmother. I only visit twice a year and I've never had to help her fix it. On the other hand, I have have had to recover family Windows computers that had a bad update.

    [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    I did, because when you buy a PC, Linux is not installed by default. If it was, I wouldn’t have had to install it for them.

    Ever since moving everyone to Linux, I haven’t had to do any IT support. Honestly.

    [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

    My Linux installs break all the time because I can't leave well enough alone. It's always been my own fault.