Wouter Groeneveld on Windows and moving to Linux
Wouter Groeneveld has a very good article about Windows mistakes.
Basically, Wouter describes the struggle to install Windows 11 with get an eID cart reader working.
This reminded me of the times where I would reinstall once a year my in-laws PC to a fresh Windows, as it became slow like hell. Not that they didn't pay attention, they did as I regularly briefed them on things to avoid.
At some point I got bored of that, and since they were only using their PC for browsing the Internet, a bit of Word/Excel and printing/scanning, I told them I would set up "an easier and lighter PC that doesn't slow down" - which essentially meant - Linux (Ubuntu).
It's been at least 10 years since I made that switch, and not only did that work (I don't need to perform this yearly reinstall), it extended the life of their aging desktop.
LibreOffice works just fine, and since they were already using Firefox and Thunderbird on Windows, the switch was super easy.
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