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How can we help FSF with their "Upgrade From Windows" campaign? (upgradefromwindows.com)

submitted 3 days ago by onlinepersona to c/opensource

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Right now their page https://upgradefromwindows.com just redirects to https://www.fsf.org/windows which has a wall of text and an infographic. Even I, who doesn't have windows and will never reinstall it unless forced, clicked away from the page within 5 seconds. The FSF desperately needs help with marketing and design, plus it would be great to have tooling for brain-dead linux installation (no, find distribution, backup, put linux on a USB-stick, reboot, hit some button to get into the BIOS, select "USB stick", reboot, click through installation, find alternative software, is not brain-dead).

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

But that's true for any switch to any os. If you switched to macos you would have run into the same/similar issues. I've been using Linux for so long that simple things that are missing from Windows are annoying, like keeping a Window on top, or using the quick GNOME overview by throwing the mouse in the corner.

I think it's a matter of letting go when you're ready and create new habits, and not try to shoehorn in old habits. That's general advice. Sometimes people just want Windows but without Microsoft's privacy disaster, but Linux just is different. I'm talking in general, not specifically to your grievances @[email protected] 🙂