In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has reversed its decision to enforce the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 requirement for installing Windows 11. This policy, recently defended just a week ago, sparked widespread frustration as millions of otherwise capable systems were arbitrarily deemed incompatible, leaving many users feeling alienated. This backpedaling showcases yet again […]
As someone else said it really depends on what they’re actually asking for.
If they’re like “how do I make the screen turn off after an hour?” then telling them to switch to Linux is a bad response.
If they were like “I cant upgrade to windows 11, and I don’t even want to, and I don’t want to spend money. I just want a web browser and steam with security updates” then talking about Linux is a viable conversation path.
Yeah, most of the time when I get asked for windows help it’s with the subtext that windows is just a piece of shit OS that gets in the way of what they want to do more often than not, and it’s like, Linux at this point will handle 95% of what you want to do. As you said, Gaming, at least with newer and mainstream titles, and web browsing are easy money, word processing/spreadsheets are mostly covered with LibreOffice and the like. The GUI’s a little different but the fact that most distros have one is enough to convince a lot of people to switch.
The professional world might be stuck on Windows for a while just because it’s the norm and most businesses want plug-and-play, but there’s few reasons for personal computing to live in Windows anymore.
As someone else said it really depends on what they’re actually asking for.
If they’re like “how do I make the screen turn off after an hour?” then telling them to switch to Linux is a bad response.
If they were like “I cant upgrade to windows 11, and I don’t even want to, and I don’t want to spend money. I just want a web browser and steam with security updates” then talking about Linux is a viable conversation path.
Yeah, most of the time when I get asked for windows help it’s with the subtext that windows is just a piece of shit OS that gets in the way of what they want to do more often than not, and it’s like, Linux at this point will handle 95% of what you want to do. As you said, Gaming, at least with newer and mainstream titles, and web browsing are easy money, word processing/spreadsheets are mostly covered with LibreOffice and the like. The GUI’s a little different but the fact that most distros have one is enough to convince a lot of people to switch.
The professional world might be stuck on Windows for a while just because it’s the norm and most businesses want plug-and-play, but there’s few reasons for personal computing to live in Windows anymore.