It's not coming completely out of nowhere. The fact that you're having a discussion on Lemmy means the people you're conversing with are aware that you're willing to consider libre alternatives to shitty mainstream tech.

I used to suggest linux to my friends and family but i stopped doing that as i found none of them actually cared what OS they ran. They also have a misunderstanding that Linux is very complex and difficult to use.

Of course I know him, that's me!

I've been trying to switch to Linux for 30 years now and am still trying to figure out permissions. Best of luck!

Yeah not a very big fan of trying to get people to switch platforms especially if they are non-technical as if they A) have the mental bandwidth to change their whole workflow paradigm to appease someone else’s ideals, and B) even have a use case where Linux is an option

Anyone’s negative feelings for Windows and Office’s telemetry or Apple’s walled garden is justified but if I do know what Linux is, I didn’t decide to use Windows because I wanted to lick bill gates’ boots, I have a specific use case. And if I don’t know what it is, I probably need the OOB usability that Windows and OSX offer

Oh, I'm sorry. Is there supposed to be some kind of joke here??? This strikes me as perfectly reasonable!

Why? So I can have more trouble? :P

Replace some troubles, with different troubles. Brilliant, as usual...

Try turning it off and on again and then try switching to Linux.

I bought a Steam Deck and got Win 11 up and running on an external SSD just to piss off the raven. :)

The fact is that certain things require Windows, and yeah, you might be able to jump through some hoops to get them to kinda/sorta run under Linux, but if you have a hard time with Windows, you'll never be able to do that in Linux.

I've had my own problems with Linux, it mostly depends which problems you prefer