Got an email from an elderly friend a few days ago. He asked about the expiration of support for Win10, and mentioned that he'd recently bought a used laptop with Win10 on it and was now concerned that his current hardware's not Win11-capable.
Digging deeper, I found out that he got the new computer because the old one "stopped working", which probably (based on my phone conversation with him) is because it was crippled with malware.
He doesn't know jack about Linux, but he also doesn't know jack about Windows, as is demonstrated by the fact that he bought a new/used system based solely on the fact that the OS was crippled. His needs are extremely basic (probably mostly email and web browsing. The guy uses an AOL account for email, which should give you an idea of the extent of his tech knowledge).
He still has the old system, and I'm going by his place this weekend to install Ubuntu on the old system for him. I'm going to have him play with the Ubuntu system while he still has the Win10 system around. If Ubuntu satisfies his needs, then goodbye Windows.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
