I see what you’re saying but is it possible that you might have a negative bias to the word “convert”?
My father in law asked me to reinstall Windows on his 10 year old laptop to make run faster. I advised that he will face the same problem with windows and suggested Linux mint as an alternative. I cloned his drive as a backup incase he didn’t like the change, did a clean install on Linux Mint, and showed him the ropes on how to navigate the OS.
It’s been a few months now and he doesn’t miss windows and his laptop is more responsive as ever.
That’s a fair way of doing it I think, and I think you’re right in that I did have a negative bias towards “converting” as I tended to imagine something more extreme akin to a cult.
I see what you’re saying but is it possible that you might have a negative bias to the word “convert”?
My father in law asked me to reinstall Windows on his 10 year old laptop to make run faster. I advised that he will face the same problem with windows and suggested Linux mint as an alternative. I cloned his drive as a backup incase he didn’t like the change, did a clean install on Linux Mint, and showed him the ropes on how to navigate the OS. It’s been a few months now and he doesn’t miss windows and his laptop is more responsive as ever.
Could I say I converted him?
That’s a fair way of doing it I think, and I think you’re right in that I did have a negative bias towards “converting” as I tended to imagine something more extreme akin to a cult.