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If you can't use it, don't use it. There are other things in life besides constantly thinking about operating systems.
Blasphemy quick stone the unbelievers.
Kidding of course. Have to admit I agree. I've used Linux since the late 1990s. So long long before it was usable by most folks standards.
I started because my university had HPUX machines that we needed to submit work on. So wanted a unix like enviroment at home I could work on. This was a tim when linux was basically slackers on 50plus floppy disks. Xwindows needed configuring for every monitor. Honestly by current standards usability was non existant compared to windows.
But honestly I spent so much time on the system. And watched it improve. To the point I find windows an utter pain in the arse now. And will avoid it under all circumstances.
But the idea of convincing folks who have no interest. Where the hell do folks find the time.