On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 09:06, Bilal Akhtar <[email protected]> wrote: > I just visited a popular computer store here, and asked if they sell > notebooks with linux preinstalled. They said "No, we don't support > Linux. Linux damages the computer and voids the warranty.
I also got told this in a shop that Linux will harm the PC. Basically it resulted in the fact that I was buying somewhere else. Bad for the sales of the shop but I don't care of them when they don't care about me. > There is no > GUI in Linux. Also no programs will work on it." I told them " You are > living in 1995. Nowadays linux is no more CLI, but a GUI that is far > better than Windoze's ****ing GUI. [...] The best way of having somebody believe you is: Show them. Or better: Pass them a CD. When I am at friends I just bring them a copy and tell them that they can run it from the CD without installing anything. - Sure it takes a long while to startup from the CD (you should tell them that from HD it will boot within a minute). Another good way: When I go to customers or have friends invited they can see it running on my laptop. Best way is to be a living example. If you have friends staying with you for a few days just create an account for them on your PC. I do not invest much time in "preaching" any more. I am the living example and I don't give support any more for Windows for friends. If they have a problem I tell them and leave them alone with their crap - done. They will come back - maybe in a few years but who cares - the slower and continuous success outweighs the quick and great success in the long run. I am not in a hurry - currently without supporting Windows on friends machines I have a lot more time for other things (and yes, also a few less friends - those that kept me only because of their support issues ;-) ). -- Martin Wildam -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
