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How to get Linux on every computer by 2050:
Every time a young tech-savvy person gets frustrated doing free tech support, where they'd normally have to do a clean install of Windows they just swap it out with Mint/Ubuntu instead.
Just don't do free tech support for huge companies (as they after all got paid for providing that support)... it will probably get you some annoyed responses from friends / family members, but they most likely would not ask you to do substantial repairs on their cars for free either. So just don't do it.