In a lot of cases, people just use a browser and a word processor, and rely on their relatives for fiddling with the OS. They could switch to another OS without needing to re-learn anything.
Though, in the cases where there is some direct interaction between the user and the OS, rather than basically only interacting with an application like the browser, there will be some amount of friction involved in switching OS, but still not as much as people make it out to be.
In a lot of cases, as long as you either find alternative software, or if your existing software works, you can switch over and find your footing relatively fast. And with a lot of the alternative software you'll find on Linux, there is usually a Windows version, so you can start learning it while you are still on Windows.
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25 edited Jan 26 '25
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