Switching from Microsoft Windows 11 to Linux is like Columbus discovering America
Quoting: Switching from Microsoft Windows 11 to Linux is like Columbus discovering America —
However, just as Columbus didn’t truly “discover” America -- it was already inhabited by Native Americans with their own complex societies and technologies -- switching to Linux isn’t a journey to an unpopulated wilderness. Linux has been around for decades, built and nurtured by a dedicated and vibrant community of developers, power users, and hobbyists. They’ve created a rich ecosystem that thrives on collaboration, openness, and sharing knowledge.
In this analogy, the Linux community might represent the Native Americans -- they were here long before you arrived, and they’ve cultivated this environment into something functional and sustainable. New users, much like Columbus, can’t expect to simply impose their old habits and ways of thinking on this system without recognizing that Linux operates differently from the world they left behind.