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The trick with selling Linux is not telling the user it’s not Windows. I used to refurb old laptops for old ladies. Throw a light version of Linux on there, show 'em the internet, maybe setup email, done. And I never got pestered to come back and fix shit.

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YerbaYerba@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
My grandmother used Ubuntu for years. I setup autologin and put a Firefox shortcut on the Desktop. The next time a problem cropped up was when the LTS support ended

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Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
My parents bought laptops together around 2013 that they still use today, just with new batteries and SSD upgrades.

Windows 10 was already pushing it, I had to do some funky things to stop Windows from overwriting old drivers with newer versions that broke stuff like the trackpads. Now they have Fedora KDE spin. The GUI is similar enough when all you do is use Thunderbird, Firefox, and the File Explorer.

Changing OS was still scary to them, so I just brought over a live USB for them to test drive.

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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  The test drive is brilliant! But for most of the folks I’m talking about, not going to give them a choice that will only confuse them. Not to be the high-handed, know-it-all IT guy, but sometimes you present a solution as a fait accompli. “There ya go! Here’s how it works. Any questions? Enjoy!”
  
  And BTW, YES to you! A fresh $20 battery, an SSD and Linux Light (or similar), new laptop as far as they can tell. We on the same page!
  
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