I just convinced a Windows user to switch to Linux.

My work here is done.

Which Linux distro?

Don't worry, he'll switch back within a week.

@drRoss playing the odds you're probably right. not everyone is awesome

Oh yeah, SO WELL done... but HE wont get shit done in a productive way the next weeks because he probably didn't give a shit about Linux before... but it's sooooo cool to be a programmer using Linux right? Just. Let. People. Use. What the fuck they want.

I did this to a friend, he's not a friend anymore, he hates me :/

I have converted more than 50 people :)

@Jop- yeah, I can imagine how that 'show' looks like... "switch to linux, it's so much better than windows, omg how can u work without command line, here Linux has a package manager blah blah blah..."

@lexxer well that depends it is 100% possible to make linux look better than windows with things like conky. I have had people ask about my desktop cause I went the extra mile to add transparency and other things to my laptop. add the fact that I just run pacman -S program and they go ape shit

@jckimble just shows how fucked up people are... change the OS because of a shitty CPU/RAM/whatever monitor? No, just no...

I introduced this guy to Linux (had to use it for the project, not much choice) and he was like 'fml'. Now he doesn't want to switch back because of the freedom it offers 😀

@linuxxx 'Freedom'? What fucking freedom?!?! Please expand what you mean by this.

@drRoss The fact that you can use/modify/distribute the system if you'd like to. When you look at Windows and os x (or, macOS) you can see that you are not allowed to use their systems in any way you want (including modifying it to suit your needs aka reprogramming it to whatever you'd like) since those systems are not open source. With the majority of Linux systems you can/are allowed to do this.

@wolt Not for the average user.

@wolt I use Windows and I don't feel caged.

I'm very picky about who I give a ++ to. It has to REALLY impress me.

Your job has only just begun. We must convert everyone

@lexxer jesus what's triggered you

Triggered by devRant community @Admim

@KnightsOfCode while I agree I don't see why showing other options is a bad thing

@drRoss I see your point. But, not feeling caged does not mean that you can do anything with a system that you'd like