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What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (no.lastname.nz)
submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/linux@programming.dev
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The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

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[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I'd like to legitimately know the possible rationalization that came to that conclusion

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

My thought is that they must be doing this just to get under people's skin, it is so aggressively stupid it has to be some sort of contrarian shit.

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