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by CalRobert 3763 days ago
Allow me to clarify

Cousin: "Ugggggg my laptop is garbage since I put on Windows 10 and it's so slooooooow, can you fix it? I can't even play Minecraft!!!!"

Me: "Umm, I haven't actually used Windows in about 5 or 6 years and have no idea what's wrong - I also don't feel like spending my limited time visiting family messing around with your laptop. Here's a USB drive with Ubuntu, give it a shot"

Cousin (next day): "DUDE that's amazing it's so fast! I had to figure out UEFI stuff but I installed Ubuntu and Minecraft is faster than it's ever been before! I have a great dual boot setup going!"

Anyway, I don't feel too bad about it.

Incidentally, UEFI is one of the many reasons MS puts me off.