David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Nov 2

To everyone who says ‘install Linux’ as a solution to Windows problems (or ‘install LibreOffice’ as a solution to MS Office problems), imagine how you would react if you posted about Linux problems and all of the responses were ‘install Haiku’. Would it work? Maybe, but the person saying it has no idea what you do on Linux, whether the apps that you use run on Haiku (or have alternatives that you could switch to). Neither of you have a clear understanding of how much time and effort the switch would take, or what the network effects are that make switching hard.

If you have actually engaged with them, understood their requirements fully, and have a migration path outlined for them, great. If you’re just being a dick, think about how that makes people perceive Linux users: Maybe that isn’t a great way of driving adoption.

#Linux #Haiku #Windows

Show threadJeff McNeillNov 2
@david_chisnall As a former windows user, and there are many of us, Linux and LibreOffice are viable replacements for their alternatives. Not sure what is wrong with this quite timely information.
Show threaddegenerating degenerateNov 2

@jeffmcneill @david_chisnall

Right... there is nothing wrong with that information, sharing is caring.

The major browsers, LO, thunderbird if you need IMAP and many other apps like inkscape and so on are crossplatform.

I would guess nowadays, for many people much of their stuff is done one way or another in the browser, including, eg, gmail and socials.

It's possible for them to nondestructively try switching their workflows while still entirely on windows / mac, removing a lot of risk.

Show threadJeff McNeill
@hopeless @david_chisnall Indeed, I did exactly that, switched to open source, cross-platform apps first, then to Linux. Avoided too steep a learning curve by doing things in stages.
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