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My takeaway from these complaints is there were 5th graders in the 90s that were more skilled at installing Windows. If you can't find the way around it (10 sec search) the natural reaction is not "I'll install Linux and complicate my life further".

In fact if getting stalled by a single screen in the installer is a showstopper, then you're in for a world of hurt with Linux.



To be fair, TFA lists more reasons to avoid Windows:

> Mine include the privacy concessions during setup, the years spent waiting for Microsoft to let people put the taskbar on the side of the screen again, and the advertising.

Of course you don't have to agree on all of them, but please don't assume everyone acts only because they can't find a tutorial on the net!




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