9 Things The Non-Tech Savvy Do That Annoy Geeks

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When you ’re a tech nerd working or living with the not so tech savvy, there are a few things they tend to do that make you bite your tongue, and resist the urge to take over what they’re doing and get it done yourself. They may be trivial, but they are all oh so wrong.

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Some of them are so true.

NO, I DON’T want to fix your cousin’s brother’s uncle’s 10 year old computer.
If you’re a tech-savvy person, especially if it’s what you do as a job, people seem to think that you enjoy, and are happy to fix their computer.

Some more on list :

• Everything Must Be Double Clicked.
• Microsoft Word is the application for everything.

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Equivalents of windows software in linux

Here is a Linux analogs for windows software.
You will find more ... and more.. for Linux. One of the biggest difficulties in migrating from
Windows to Linux is the lack of knowledge about comparable software.Newbies usually search for Linux analogs of Windows software, and
advanced Linux-users cannot answer their questions since they often don't know too much about Windows :).