If you are “helping” somebody, perhaps a friend or family member, by setting them up with Linux or some free software tool and leaving them to swim on their own, you may be doing more harm than good. I think of the proverb “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”. The recipient needs to first comprehend the value of liberated software. Otherwise, you can await the inevitable “Why isn’t my Netflix working? Gawd, this loon...
