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I installed a linux distribution it's called Zorin, i installed the latest one (Zorin Core 17) for a client since Windows 7 was giving him a headache, it was a very old machine with 4GB RAM with a celeron cpu if i remember, i suggest i will install linux and you won't have more issues with wifi and the printer he said okay, I installed everything, printer was recognized immediately Libre office was installed wifi is connected, security updates are done

After 2 days, he sent me a voice message telling me hey what is this zorin? Zorin everywhere, it's like if I'm using someone else program,I have nothing to do with the espionage things, I want windows back, i was crying he made me laugh for a week, i enjoyed listening to his voice messages on WhatsApp, whenever i get upset i listen to him and get excited hahahahhaha espionage? Do you think he let it go? Every 2 days i receive a voice message complaining about Zorin and how i was spying on him hahaha I explained over and over how secure linux is and how Microsoft knows everything he does on his machine, after giving me a headache i sent a friend and he installed ms 7 back and i never heard of him again

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  • 1
    1d
    Damn, I first read Zorin City 17
  • 1
    1d
    This might be an unpopular opinion, but I will say it anyway. You are in the wrong.

    You don't get to decide what OS is best for someone else's PC. If my friend's Windows XP PC is facing problem due to having too many junkwares/malwares, I would nuke the whole HDD and give him a fresh installation of Windows XP. I won't change his OS without his permission.
  • 2
    1d
    @daniel-wu right. If he wants shit, he deserves shit. You can‘t force someone to be happy.
  • 0
    23h
    Oh, why did you use this distro above Ubuntu for a noobii user? Serious question. I'm about to try gnoppix, the AI distro
  • 1
    23h
    @daniel-wu omg, yes, I do decide what is the best os got certain people. Since many only need a browser, take refurbished laptop and use xubuntu. Done. Chromebooks / netbooks will be back, mark my char arrays.
  • 2
    19h
    @retoor because it's the most one near to Windows-like usage, the more i explain the more he think I'm spying on him like if he got top-secret about every government that exist.

    I felt like i was talking to the wall, anyway if he wants shitty OS with dead support then why not, have fun fight malwares and viruses
  • 1
    16h
    @dIREsTRAITS It's more windows like than mint? But tbh, what's not windows like about xubuntu if you're only use the browser anyway? I assume he only uses a browser, else i won't be happy with a linux laptop as a noob :P

    Edit: will investigate Zorin. Maybe i'll come in same situation agian someday

    Edit2: cool, it's ubuntu based. I will try it after gnoppix if gnoppix sucks on a spare laptop. Thanks for making me aware about this OS.
  • 0
    16h
    Wow, comes from NL. Good things come from there, like me! I also found this amazing site on that OS's website: https://laptopwithlinux.com/product...

    Laptop with specs I would like to have (with 64Gb ram) < 1000,-. Keeping in mind.
  • 1
    9h
    Saying that he only needs a browser is a huge assumption. I know some people with old machines who got used to working with ACDSee, Adobe Photoshop CS2, and Office 2007, which certainly won't be able to work anymore if you replace his OS with Zorin.

    He opens photocopy service and stationery shop.
  • 0
    9h
    @daniel-wu exactly. Some people, that's not most people. Times change. There was once a day we could only do tax using a windows application here in NL so linux was for most people not an option. But since we don't have stuff like that anymore, everyone who doesn't game (or does some advanced video stuff) probably can do his stuff on linux. It's a matter of time - but even autocad runs in a browser now.

    I liked app development way more than web, but it's not in my control. Apps is cool on phone, web is cool on PC.

    Ever tried vs code in browser? It's full version. Even codeium AI runs on that. Sick stuff huh.
  • 1
    9h
    @daniel-wu Actually I asked him what are all the programs that you use extensively during the day, he said not much, Google chrome and spreadsheets, that's all. I said okay, I will install another OS for you that does the same job as windows and better, he agreed. I assume someone from there told him that linux is used in spying, I really don't know how he got into this conclusion... Anyway, he got now Windows 7,let him fight with malwares I will never fix his shit again
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