You see, hexbear has been moving towards :tux: for quite a while now and it's scaring the :LIB:s and the :fedposting:s so expect a lot of anti-Linux posting and just nod your head and don't engage :penguin-dance:

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I’ve given linux to some fairly low tech people and they just picked it up like it was nothing. My grandpa even learned how to install games from the software center without even asking me how.

    I'm sorry but this is not the average experience. Nothing anti Linux, but my grandparents can't even figure out how a bloody iPhone worked

    • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      I don't know why they'd be more likely to understand Windows, then. If you don't get computers at all, how would you know the difference?

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      3 years ago

      I installed Ubuntu on my grandmas computer a decade ago and she barely noticed, I just got fewer obscure tech support requests from her. My theory is that Boomer types might struggle but the greatest gen never got comfortable enough with computers to have a significantly harder time with major changes like a new OS

      • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Same thing with my grandpa. I showed him where to click for the internet, where to click for solitaire, and where to click to find files and he figured the rest out.

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      Think it really depends on the distro. Some are more arcane then others. Some may even be better for boomers since they preserve older design conventions and may be more familiar

      • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        tfw Gentoo grandpa disowns you for your choice of USE flags

        • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Some Snoonet libertarian who uses OpenRC because Systemd was created by a bunch of SJWs at Fedora getting shit on by an oldtimer who has been dealing with shell script init systems since SunOS in the 80s and ditched them the moment it was viable.

          Not to throw shade at OpenRC. Just the wierdos who flocked to Gentoo like moths to a flame after every other distro embraced systemd. Fortunately, these folks have mostly been beaten down within the community.