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Linux For Your Grandma - A Linux guide for those that are not super techy (tilvids.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Howdy there! I posted here a while ago sharing a script to a video guide on how and why someone might want to switch to Linux and I wanted to share the finished product now that it is complete. My goal with this script was to create something explaining why an average person might want to stop using Windows and what Linux can do for them in its place. It is able to be watched on Peertube and YouTube as well as read in its entirety on my website. If you give it a watch or a read please let me know what you think. Thank you for your time :)

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[–] 12 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The premise is why you should change for those that arnt techy? I mean I'm pretty techy but get my ass handed to me anytime theres the slightest hiccup with Linux. The tutorials come from nice and well intentioned people but they gloss over a ton of stuff like drawing an owl meme. Its nice that its customizable but it also does allows people move app data from one drive to another without a warning to comical effects. Really, its cool for what it can do but it is not for the faint of heart and Ive yet to find any tutorials that dumb it down enough for this simple person thats been using computers since they were called IBM compatables.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I agree with you, however: People have no fear changing things in regedit or 10 layers deep in the control panel to make windows more like it was "before".

    Linux us just unfamiliar. That makes it more scary. So having tutorials like this makes it more accessible.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Very few people do that

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    I do that with every Windows iteration. There's usually a step by step guide with 10 instructions with pictures.

    Unraid tutorials have been like download this app, be sure theres no conflicting ports with your docker container, you need to add this pathway. Wtf is a port or docker? I get it now after 40+ hours of research and going 4 pages deep in a Google search but none of the tutorials are dumbed down enough for the average Windows users.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I did. Tbh I think there’s plenty of other people who do too. Once you’re comfy in an environment, you stick to it until you have enough reason to switch. And you’ll inevitably become a power-user if you solve enough problems, tinker enough, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    There have been some efforts to mitigate this by adding warnings where appropriate. But that doesn't stop certain people from ignoring those warnings and typing "Yes, do as I say!" and bricking their install anyway.

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