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How Do You Advocate Linux in 5 Minutes?

Posted by Cliff on from the preaching-on-a-corner dept.

xtracto writes "I just returned from buying certain Linux magazine. While looking at the 'Computing' stand in the library, and right after I grabbed a copy of the Linux magazine, a guy asked me if I used Linux. After that, the man told me he had tried to use Linux, but he had found it difficult. I told him the first things that came to my mind: that it depended on the distribution (he tried Kubuntu). I recommended him to look for a Linux User Group near his hometown (he told me he didn't live near a city). What would you tell these kinds of people? Not so long ago, and to my surprise, a relative who is completely computer illiterate started talking about Linux, but the general thought is that 'it is harder than Windows'. How do you advocate Linux to people who are more comfortable using Windows?"

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  1. Quickest idea by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe a way to brand people on the arm, something catchy like "www.ubuntu.com" with a little penguin logo.

    --
    I Am My Own Worst Enemy
    1. Re:Quickest idea by aetherworld · · Score: 5, Funny

      Where kiddies with glaringly unexceptional IQ's come to pretend their kooky little rant matters.
      There, fixed that for ya.
  2. Oral sex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best way to advocate for anything, really. "Try Linux and I'll give you oral sex!" works wonders. I haven't had anyone refuse to try Linux yet.

    1. Re:Oral sex by GejTOO · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yet another blatant evidence that Linux is way behind the competition when it comes to marketing. Seriously, how do you expect to beat the catchy "Use Windows and you'll get fucked"?

      G.

    2. Re:Oral sex by NightRain · · Score: 5, Funny

      A mod point, a mod point, my kingdom for a mod point

  3. Don't worry, grandma... by rob1980 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Checking your dependencies and recompiling your kernel is just like emptying the deleted items folder in Outlook Express. Honest!

  4. Before you start thinking of any funny ideas... by Sexy+Commando · · Score: 4, Funny

    See this first.

  5. Re:Better reason by belmolis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right, if you want to retain the newbie's perspective you need to learn PHP instead of C++. :)

  6. Re:You don't? by jgrahn · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this is coming from an ex amiga user. If anyone was made to whine about the best technology losing it would be me, but I've come to accept reality :)

    You know, it's been ten years since I moved from my Amiga to Linux, but those two sentences still piss me off.

    I'd like the Slashdot audience to know that the (traitor) parent poster is in no way representative for us ex-Amiga users. We still foam at the mouth.