Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing mint itself was probably newer than that kernel. Happy with my answer, we chatted a little, then she thanked me and left.

It was a nice experience, so I thought I should share!

    • nocturne213@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I tried to install Linux on my mom's laptop for her, it was too scary. So she is still using windows 7 and probably getting scammed left and right.

      • J4g2F@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        My dad is running xubuntu for about 6 years now. I didn't get any questions in the last 2 years. Besides for installing a new printer.

        Before that it was mostly which program he needed for something. Never a black screen anymore, malware or anything like that.

        • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          Never a black screen anymore, malware or anything like that.

          He's using Linux; even the hackers think he's suffering enough.

      • jungekatz [comrade/them, undecided]
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        1 year ago

        My mom on the other hand did not find it problematic , given that she never used computers before and her first exp was linux mint 😌

    • thisonethatone [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      They'll probably enjoy Linux way more than windows. It's so much less intrusive.

      • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah plus after two hours googling how to make something work, and then another two hours googling why the solution failed they can get used to getting off the PC and internalizing the concept of 'life's too short'.

        • thisonethatone [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Um, no, they're going to call grandson to do it lol.

          Also, Linux mint is a very stable distro & I doubt grandma will have to do much if she just uses it for email, a browser, and sudoku