Sure, if there’s c/linux or c/foss on lemmy.zip I might post something about that. Currently we (lemmy.nz) have federation issues with LW (posts, comments and votes delayed for hours) and I have another issue with official lemmy (they were too political)
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Obligatory: Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 5 months ago
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Sure. Have they managed to create a dumb down GUI that my grandparents can understand? Because until then, barrier for entry is too high for regular people.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If your grandparents can administrate their own Windows PC, they’ll be able to use Linux just fine. If they only use the browser and you set it all up for them, that’ll work in Linux just as well.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Why would they only use a browser? They talk with friends over video chat, watch movies/TV shows and play games and do other casual stuff.
I haven’t seen any distro that manages the basic tasks without any issues that require technical troubleshooting. Really basic stuff, like turning on your computer and having no audio even though nothing changed or your internet not working. That is mere incontinence for you or me, but to non-technical people it’s a dealbreaker.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And that sort of thing never happens with Windows?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 months ago
I’ve had zero problems with Ubuntu, but I’m going to get down voted for running Ubuntu. It really did fire right up and run though. So far it’s been a fine first distro.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Most linux distros are easier than Windows installs if you include the MS account and other crap you have to click through.
If you (not your grand parents) understand the concept of hard drives and files, you could probably get your grand parents set up on Linux connected to the internet just fine on any PC that’s not some proprietary hellscape of hardware, because Linux will run on almost anything made in the last 30 years.
It only gets weird if you want to use a laptop with a dedicaded GPU ‘and’ an integrated one and only want to use the dedicated GPU sometimes and such.