Windows has gotten so bad that my family, who has been reticent about the switch since 2004, has finally given in and is swapping! So far I got them to agree with ChromeOS Flex (booo, but still better than windows) and Bazzite!

  • cannedheat@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    Be careful here… There will be a learning curve, and you may end up being the tech support person if you aren’t already.

    • pineapple@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      WARNING they may suffer from less bugs, less annoying updates, better performance, less spyware and functional package management.

      Before anyone says anything I am aware there are trade-offs due to switching from what you know.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        If you already are their tech support, you probably could’ve forcibly switched then a long time ago.

        At least, that’s how I treat my computer-illiterate boomer parents. For them, it’s “use what I tell you to use or you’re on your own.” To be fair, on their last few computers that was MacOS, but their iMac from 2013(?) got so obsolete it wasn’t good enough anymore, so as of a few months ago they’re on a mini PC running Linux whether they like it or not.

    • VanRado@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 hours ago

      They were probably familiar with the name “Google”, makes it seem official and supported.

      Unfortunately, OS Flex is the worst of both worlds; bad Linux distro and no Android runtime and libraries.

  • provectus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    Cool. I would like to do the same, but I do not want to be the tech support. A member in my family does not know how to use a computer, has 180 tabs open in three different browsers. A majority of them do not know how to shutdown, and just sleep their computers. I would be shocked if GNU/Linux can handle their shenanigans.