In the past I really tried to push Linux. But since the release of Vista I haven't had to push it much. Most people just want to know how Vista can be fixed without buying Windows 7. Now I just show them one or two of our old PC's running Ubuntu and they are sold. The price gets most of them (free), the fact that no virus, malware or spyware software is needed also gives them a big push. And using it to chat or play on Facebook also seems to pull them in. Being able to keep and use their old hardware seems very popular too. Heck some of the people that buy new Windows based PC's give us their old PC's to clean up. We put Ubuntu on them and in a lot of cases the old PC's run faster than the new machines with Windows 7.
Every computer that comes into our shop with any version of Windows on it seems to have some type of infection. Cleaning them over and over really gets old. Buying the next new software package to keep the computer clean also gets old for most people. I'd say Microsoft themselves are turning more PC people into Linux users. The people that don't seem to like the idea of Linux too much tend to buy a Mac instead.
Jon.
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