XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 10/27/2025 4:47 PM, MikeS wrote:   
   > On 27/10/2025 12:14, Alan K. wrote:   
   >> DistroWatch had what I think is a pretty good q&a here this week.   
   >> Kinda hits home with recent events in Windows 10 EOL.   
   >>   
   >> Short read.   
   >>   
   >> https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251027#qa   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Advice for new Linux users   
   >>   
   >> Roll-out-the-welcome-mat asks: With all the new Linux users coming over   
   with the End of 10, any advice for the Linux newbies?   
   >>   
   >>   
   > I think my take on that article is rather different from any other response   
   so far.   
   >   
   > To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well away   
   > unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a warped idea   
   > that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer user, i.e. a geek   
   like them.   
      
   I would blame it on a lack of leadership, and an inability to plan anything.   
      
   This is just human nature in 2025.   
      
   There is no money to be made, by rescuing these Win10 people (oops!).   
      
   An example of a promotional campaign, would be using WUBI to   
   intro Windows users to Linux. Which could be relatively painless   
   as an intro.   
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_%28software%29   
      
         "Wubi creates the "root.disk" file using Microsoft's proprietary   
          NTFS file system while running under the MS Windows OS and then while   
          the Ubuntu OS is running it accesses that file using an   
          alternative file system driver."   
      
   Once the new users have absorbed some of the materials delivered via WUBI,   
   we could try something more ambitious.   
      
   The situation to be avoided, is any news story that goes   
      
      "I had fifty years of wedding pictures on that disk..."   
      
   You know, the disgruntled individual who lost everything,   
   and had no backup. Those are real people. And that's why   
   your campaign has to be particularly well designed.   
      
   Whether it is recipes for making installer/boot materials for noobs   
   or recipes for not losing 50 years worth of wedding photos,   
   there has to be a plan. And saying that now, we're a year too late   
   to do anything.   
      
   Some of our recyclers here, closed a couple years ago. There   
   simply isn't enough capacity to absorb the discarded machines now.   
   The waste removal will not accept them. They'll sit on the curb.   
   Most likely, you'll look on country roads, and next to the   
   refrigerator and sofa off the side of the road, will now   
   be added PCs. And that will be our legacy. A PC to go with   
   their "household" stored on the side of the road.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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