1. Introduce some user-friendly distros.
2. Give an Arch-installed-PC as a gift. (+Wiki link or your own tips)
3. ...
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I am just curious about the others' thoughts. ^-^
Make it clear I cannot and will not support them with their Window questions.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature -- Michael Faraday
The shortest way to ruin a country is to give power to demagogues.— Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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How to Ask Questions the Smart Way
step 1: dont
normal people are too normal, infact most normal people do not even have a computer.. most people compute on phones, that's how bad it's gotten
But seth, don't you know that you can install Ubuntu on phones? ?
what kind of phones are we talking, and do you really think if they cannot installer ubuntu on their current phone they would buy a new one with it preinstalled?
p.s. i am not seth
system72 wrote:
step 1: dont
normal people are too normal, infact most normal people do not even have a computer.. most people compute on phones, that's how bad it's gotten
A great way to tell if someone might be interested in Linux is based on whether they use the internet or not.
People who are typically *online* in constrast to using the internet will probably not be interested in Linux. Except maybe for other purposes, like work
1) Don't talk about Linux to new people never, or at least don't make the first suggestion of the talking.
2) If by some reason some person ask you, then talk about it, with checking the interest of the person.
3) If the person seems interested enough and makes smart questions about it, talk about more. If not suggest NPC distro [Not ubuntu desktop] and go to another place in the conversation.
4) If the person really insist and really like the talking, then consider saying why not Arch in some part of the conversation.
That's it. Those who are worth it are going to find the "path" by themselves 
. Don't feel pressure about sharing your tastes to others, that's cringe.
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str( @soyg ) == str( @potplant ) btw!
Also now with avatar logo included!
I've been trying to solve a certain problem for years now.
With time, it has gotten even *more* complicated. A friend of mine knows about a possible solution wont provide any relevant input.
Oh, doesn't look like we're exactly friends, hey :-)
Their lack of concern is definitely tasteful.
system72 wrote:
p.s. i am not seth
I haunt everyone in their nightmares and possess their minds.
On topic: r/unixporn - make them ask for it (and people /do/ respond to bling)
Step 1. Don't
Step 2. Don't.
Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2.
I would never ever give someone a PC with Arch pre-installed on it.
actually I would already struggle with: how to introduce someone new to pc to tech in general anyway?
like in: my brother-in-law's family's kids are now at an age i already wasted nights in front of my pc - yet all they know are mobile devices like smartphones and tablets
none of them had a proper laptop in hands, yet - let alone sat in front of a full blown desktop
yes, they know what a computer is, but they haven't used one yet
back in the 90s when i grew up i played doom on win95 or a bit later age of empires (the first one) on 98 - and i can't really remember how my parents got me into it
so introducing someone new to tech in generell i guess it doesn't matter if windows, linux or mac - or if linux any difference between ubuntu and gentoo
kids assimilate knowledge extremely I would run out of ideas what to teach them within a week
hence i guess the question is: who are my neighbors? someone 40 years deep into tech old enough to remember c64 with cassettes? nothin to introduce here - hand them the wiki and off they go
or are we talkin about thier grant-kids just comming into school learning how to read?
Like when you tug your balls on a copper wire then try to jump off a cliff?
1. Befriend neighbour
2. Chat about life and work--mention how you enjoy not dealing with co-pilot because you use linux.
3. Neighbours computer breaks--mention to them that it is cheaper to get one without windows installed
As System72 said, I wouldn't. You would become their tech support for life, and I honestly don't really like the idea. I would recommend it to some friend tho maybe if they're tech savvy enough but still are on windows.
Feel free to send me an email if you need anything!
The "tech IQ" is dropping fast all over the world IMHO, "people" barely own PCs anymore. Everyone is sitting on phones or "iPad"s and well, they are inside either YouTube or Facebook or X or Instagram or Snapchat, that's basically what "Internet" means to most "people". *full vomit* Sadly, the rest of "Internet" is also mostly bots.
Also, if they asking you about Windows all the time, imagine the nightmare if you get them to install Linux. *lol*
It's like back in the days, when people asked me "how do I learn programming?", my answer was always "if you ask this question, then you shouldn't become a programmer", I think the same applies to Linux.
I don't mind it though, back in the days, "people" barely knew what a PC is. Now it's like those old days again! 
Long story short.... F* 'em!
Ps. A fitting song for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LezoMi3yftM (Pink Floyd - Us and them)
Case in point: https://www.chronicle.com/article/my-students-cant-read
In a new essay for The Chronicle Higher Education, university-level literature and writing instructor Tyler Jagt recalls how not a single one of his students could get through an assigned 20-page article, something that he had read "without complaint" as an undergraduate a decade ago.
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