I decided to try and make some extra money by taking old castoff desktop computers, putting in newer optical and hard drives, installing Linux Mint on them, and reselling them on Craigslist/Ebay. My first one is ready to go, it's an old eMachines desktop made in 2006. Fortunately it still had the original hard drive so all I had to do was put in a newer optical drive. I put it on Craigslist and Ebay and got pretty much zero interest if you don't count Nigerian scammers.
My mom asked me if I could tell her the advantages of Linux over Windows, and I told her about not needing to "update" the OS and all the application programs all the time, about Linux Mint having all the programs you need already installed so you don't have to go hunting for programs all over the internet and then have the added expense of purchasing said programs, about not needing expensive antivirus software that of course is also updating itself constantly.
She said those were all good reasons, but that I would need to figure out a way to concisely sell Linux to people who think "Altoids" when they hear the word "mint". Since I'm autistic it's really hard to think of a way I could do this. Any suggestions?
I also wonder if people are just not interested in buying stuff right now because it's August and very hot and nobody is inside. I know that there doesn't seem to be much activity on the amateur radio bands, for example, and other hams have noticed it too, and I'm wondering if people are just down at the rivers and lakes splashing in the water due to the heat and I should wait a few months.
My mom asked me if I could tell her the advantages of Linux over Windows, and I told her about not needing to "update" the OS and all the application programs all the time, about Linux Mint having all the programs you need already installed so you don't have to go hunting for programs all over the internet and then have the added expense of purchasing said programs, about not needing expensive antivirus software that of course is also updating itself constantly.
She said those were all good reasons, but that I would need to figure out a way to concisely sell Linux to people who think "Altoids" when they hear the word "mint". Since I'm autistic it's really hard to think of a way I could do this. Any suggestions?
I also wonder if people are just not interested in buying stuff right now because it's August and very hot and nobody is inside. I know that there doesn't seem to be much activity on the amateur radio bands, for example, and other hams have noticed it too, and I'm wondering if people are just down at the rivers and lakes splashing in the water due to the heat and I should wait a few months.