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Man, watching people try to push Linux on someone who is Just Not Having It is always so awkward.

(This is referring to a conversation I saw on Tumblr - won't link because honestly, the specifics aren't really necessary.)

Like... I do use Linux. I love the little netbook I have with Mint installed on it. It's great. But for a lot of people, it isn't the best solution. They want something that'll work out of the box with 0 tinkering, or they need software that doesn't work on Linux (or maybe they need a program that'll technically run with WINE but not very well), or - etc etc etc. You get the idea.

My experience with Mint so far has been good, but I also haven't run into any troubles (aside from some tricky bits at the beginning when I was still figuring stuff out). If it was a more complicated distro, who knows. Installing Mint pushed me to like, the very edge of my abilities. Which, considering it has a reputation as one of the more beginner-friendly distros, well....

Also: My Linux install is on my travel computer. This isn't my main machine. For my primary? Sorry man, but I am old and boring - I'm not going to use a system if I can't run my tax software on it. That's it.

So when I see someone pushing and pushing and pushing Linux at someone who's just looking for a system that they can do their work on, it's kind of exasperating. Yeah, it's great! It's not the best solution for everyone all the time, though!

So, I took that old secondhand netbook, and I put Linux on it. Success!

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