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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    I meant to convey my thought in the context of the person above refusing to switch to Linux because of "re-buying stuff" (they've already clarified they were talking about games). I do agree that people of little technological literacy wouldn't be willing to put in the work to get everything working.

    My stance on it is that everything comes down to individual situations. I've installed Ubuntu on my mother's laptop and she's been nothing but happy about it. I just think we shouldn't gatekeep FOSS and encourage others to use it. Whether to actually try it or not is always up to the end-user.