• d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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    8 months ago

    Like I cant reasonably put my MIL on a linux laptop that I put together for her and expect her to have a good experience

    Why not?

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      8 months ago

      Cus I don’t want to get woken up at 6 AM to do tech support. I’m just not going to put Linux in front of someone who can’t do their own trouble shooting.

      You can, no complaints from me, but I’m not going to do that.

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        8 months ago

        Why do you assume you’re going to do tech support? Does your MIL have any specific proprietary software or hardware requirements?

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          8 months ago

          Have you ever actually helped someone build a PC or convert from windows to linux?

          Give it a shot some time.

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            8 months ago

            I have, actually. I’ve converted both my elderly parents and aunt and uncle, over a decade ago, to Linux. They were first running Xubuntu, and now they’ve been running Zorin for the past couple of years. Both of them use an pure-Intel PC/laptops (no nVidia, no proprietary drivers) and they have zero issues. All they need is a browser for Facebook/email/etc, some light document editing, and the occasional prints/scans.

            Linux works 100% perfectly for their needs, since all they’re doing is basic computing tasks. In fact the whole reason why I switched them over in the first place back then was because I got tired of doing tech support every time their Windows crapped out.

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              8 months ago

              Well good for you. I think you made some good hardware choices to support that.

              I’m more than happy to take your number and send people I switch over to linux your way when their bluetooth stops working.

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                  8 months ago

                  Ugh.

                  Yes. I even bought a generation previous in bluetooth hoping it would be issue free for my work machine I have to use windows on. I regularly have to turn it off and turn it back on completely. i also get random extreme video lag sometimes when bluetooth connects.