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An alien ate your computer
hm_murdock:
What you have to do is figure out a way to make him feel like a moron. I've found that's the best/only way to make people switch.
adiment:
--- Quote from: hm_murdock ---What you have to do is figure out a way to make him feel like a moron. I've found that's the best/only way to make people switch.
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That can work. However most people who can be made into morons also become afraid of change.
Maybe try an easy distro like Ubuntu? As piratePenguin said, you can have all the icons and unless your dad uses Windows for some special there is usually an alternative to most common programs; if not you can try Wine (or Crossover office, however most Linux fanboys are against it because it's commercial)
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: etement ---(or Crossover office, however most Linux fanboys are against it because it's commercial)
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Wine usually does the trick, when it doesn't then you should try crossover office (which I believe you have to pay for, so it's always better to try wine first). Using the non-free crossover office beats going back to Windows any day.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---It's hard to explain what makes an older guy (my dad is 66) stick with Windows.
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Probably because he stick with what he feels comfortable with which is Windows, anything else looks foreign and older people tend to fear the unfamilure.
GenuineAdvantage:
Meh. I'd rather lose system files than my user files. I have seen files disappear in linux. One time though, and it may have had something to do with copying a bunch of files over from windows using e2fs. I've stopped using it, the tool and windows, and only time will tell if that was the cause. I hope it was.
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