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by lqdc13 3955 days ago
i use linux for my personal things, but this is not a very good argument for most people. wouldn't you trade 1 in 100 chance of the spying affecting you for a much more usable OS? Some people i know get Non-metaphorical headaches from trying yo get computer things to work.

Even people who are power users can only use Windows for games and some enterprise apps.

So you either don't use a computer at all or use Windows and sometimes OSX.

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IMO Linux (specifically fedora with GNOME) is a much more usable OS than either Windows or OS X. You could argue that this isn't true for the average user, but my parents have no problem with it and neither do any of my nephews and nieces.

I could see some people needing office software, but the average user really can get by with LibreOffice.