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My sister is 16yo and she is not interested in the C.S field. I gave her last year my laptop and it has Debian on it, since i bought a new one. She never told me that she has to deal with any problem, she was just using it.
Today she got a new laptop from our grandma and she texts me "hey, is there any way i can install Linux on that? I don't want to use windows".
Well i told her that she has to wait me to come back home next month and i will take care of it.

I had never thought that i will listen something like that. Good day.

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  • 89
    Just explain to her how to install it. Else she might get accustomed to Windows and doesn't want Linux anymore. 😱
  • 57
    My sister, 17 YO.
    Once my dad's account got locked. So, I simply enable the super admin in Windows (okay I was a kid back then), and then removed the password from dad's account.

    Sounds cool?

    Guess what. My sister put a password to that very super admin account and I had no option other than to do her homework to get it unlocked xD
  • 17
    Tell her to Install Arch.
  • 8
    @daniello But she needs a crushing ego and dirty neck beard first.
  • 9
    That’s the definition of an awesome brother!
  • 3
    My gf now also uses Linux.

    barely got any complaints of her :)

    Tho, I can have a good laugh when she wants to install something new :^)
  • 4
    Wow! I did the same exact thing for my sister TWO YEARS ago with Elementary OS after her Windows crashed. And surprisingly no complaints/issues whatsoever. She's come to be really fond of it. Linux ftw!
  • 5
    @N1teshsurana

    Have you tried putting password on BIOS? :p
    And changing the bios to require that password in order to boot?
  • 4
    @N1teshsurana haha amazing sister 😂😂😂😂😂 BUUURRRRNNNNN

    On topic:
    Awesome dude 😁😁 keep it up! Kinda sad that she ain’t into CS... she probably would be pretty good in CS 😎
  • 4
    @Gregozor2121 Yes! I've put a password on the BIOS and have changed the Boot Screen to a Monochrome Image of myself as a symbol to tell her, "I am the elder one."

    I think she'll flash the BIOS someday lol
  • 3
    You are my hero.
  • 2
    Nice work, I will try the same)
  • 2
    You are contributing to make Linux spread all over the world, the great Linus, from his room, is proud of you.
    💪
  • 1
    Wow thats is such sweet story indeed. I wish my sis understood this. After giving her a laptop with ubuntu she comes to after a week and says "I cant find the start button. Is this windows 8?". I can understand the start button part. But windows! Common sis. Its linux. Its on the top left side. Lols.
  • 0
    Most Linux distros now have a relatively easy install process, especially when she won't want to partition her disk or multiboot. It'd be best to just explain to her how to install Ubuntu over he phone.
  • 0
    My linux crusade didn't end well, they just didn't want to get used to linux.
  • 0
    yeah, well, people who use computer as a typewriter and internet browser don't have to care about locking themselves out from the largest app pool in the history of computing.
  • 0
    Is her for sale?
  • 0
    Let her install windows once... it's an experience you hardly forget even during darkest linux moments :) At least she'll have first hand experience why the grass is greener on the other side :)
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