Games on Linux are great now this is why I fully moved to Linux. Is the the work place Pc’s market improving.

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    For non-enterprise users only two things:

    1. Zero reasonably priced options for support when things go wrong.
    2. Breaking changes caused by updates that make that support necessary.

    If my neighbor’s Windows or Apple machine breaks they can call Microsoft or Apple, the PC manufacturer or a bunch of different support providers. Microsoft provides free support if one of their updates causes problems.

    I can’t find any Linux support aimed at home users, only very expensive enterprise support options.

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      3 days ago

      Have u ever talked to tech support of microsoft as usual user? With such quality ofsupport it would be better that it would none,in the end all their support coming please reboot computer.

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        Most of the people I know are computer illiterate. They know nothing about PC’s and don’t care to learn because they think of PCs as appliances. They want word processing, email, photos, and web, and don’t give a damn what’s going on under the hood. Microsoft support is generally pretty bad, but it’s far better than none at all.

        That lack of any support (except me) is the only reason I haven’t moved friends and family to Linux.

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          Personally for elderely people I installed mint once and forgot it they using laptops from windows 7 era and they were getting dozens of ads malware so I was to reinstall os almost every half year now this problem gone entirely and yes I am aware very well too about what u are talking about such in my case where I am living nobody gonna ever call for tech support of Microsoft cause they don’t know about that it exist and they will ask someone who they know for help about computer if something not work

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        It’s amazing how much damage those scammers cause.

        Last year I ran into a retired neighbor at Staples buying a new laptop because her existing machine had been hacked. She came back after leaving it running to find someone was logged in remotely. They drained $8k from her retirement account. Turned out 6 months earlier she got a call from “Microsoft” asking to connect to her machine because they “noticed it had a problem.”