@cee-dee wrote:Come on OE, more questions, tell folks just WHY they should consider Linux. How do they get it if a new computer has no OS?
Anyway, why Linux? Why not go mad and try something like Menuet
or how about Morph? Go back in time again with React or even FreeDOS?
What can Linux do as well as Windows? Everything?
Is Linux (etc) just for people who just like messing about with old gear? Isn't it time some of those ancient computers went to meet their maker?
Sorry to butt in, but......
Why people should consider Linux is simple. Security and privacy, freedom from the "evil empires" of tech giants Apple and MS both of whom not only dictate what and when you have to update but even worse, permanently invade and spy on your privacy - how and when you use your device, what you do and what software you run, how and when you connect and to what sites (this can be avoided by only using TOR Browser and where unavoidable Firefox), and more. Linux frees you from all that because Linux distros are created and maintained by a global community of (mainly) volunteers and are funded by donations and sponsorship. And Linux and more apps than you could shake a stick at are free in every sense, even financial cost.
How to get Linux if a new computer has no OS has a plethora of solutions. In the first place of course, there are lots of computers available with one or another Linux distro pre-installed, including notebooks and laptops. Failing that, use their old computer to download a distro to a DVD or memory stick, or in the absence of an old computer use a friend's or a public library or cybercafé. Installation is simple enough for even the least computer savvy people.
Sure, why not go the whole hog and go back to a ZX80? 
And indeed Linux can do (just about) everything as well as Windows or Mac. (A few exceptions are prehaps serious CAD/CAM, 3D printing, some professional 2D and 3D GFX, and pro MIDI.)
Finally, Linux is most decidedly not just for people who like messing with old gear. Many, perhaps most Gnu/Linux distros don't even support very old gear such as 586 anymore - mostly, AMD64 is pretty much compulsory.
