9
Could libraries be able to get grants to pay someone (like me, lol) to help people leave Windows for Linux? (beehaw.org)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/libraries@literature.cafe
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Could this be a thing? I'd love to get paid to help people leave Windows and move to Linux Mint, but I'm not sure of where a funding source could come from. I wonder if anyone would know if libraries could possibly be open to such a program.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I honestly moved over to Linux Mint and am motivated to stay but I find it significantly more difficult than Windows and I consider myself quite tech savvy.

Some things I still need to figure out:

  • How to find other drives. I have a HDD in my computer but idk how to find it
  • Install and link to my BackBlaze account
  • Soundcard. I have a sound card and I guess thats not compatible. How do I switch between headset and speakers?
  • Steam also can't find my HDD
  • Why some steam Linux compatible games arent launching

I'm sure I have encountered some other annoyances...

Just keep this in mind for others. You would have to gauge how many people would like to move/learn Linux. For your local library it might be a volunteer thing or for very little pay but they may not entertain if no demand.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    What format is your HDD? If you recently switched from windows, it's possible the HDD is using the NTFS filesystem, which is not well supported so many distros will not auto mount NTFS partitions to avoid file corruption. Good news, though, better NTFS support is coming with kernel version 7. Anyway, for starters you want to check if /dev/hda exists; if it doesn't, that's a whole other problem...

    Edit: I hesitate to recommend this distro to someone new to Linux, but it occurred to me CachyOS has a decent chance of solving every one of the issues you mentioned. It's gaming focused, has the latest kernel already, good hardware support, and includes an environment for running windows apps. Unfortunately, troubleshooting or installing new apps will likely involve a much steeper learning curve. But again, it might have ready to go support for everything you need, so...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    It might be NTFS still. Its my internal HDD and yes same PC I switched from windows to... Main is an SSD and no issues.

    Okay I'll check if that exists.

    Thanks for rec for CachyOS I havent heard of it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    BackBlaze PC backup is Windows only, you have to do BackBlaze B2 bucket backups instead: https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-back-up-linux-to-backblaze-b2
    For games, it's a good idea to check ProtonDB https://www.protondb.com/

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    I was told by BackBlaze "The error "No such file or directory" means the b2-linux file isn't in the directory where you're running the commands."

    So I have to figure that out.

    Re: ProtonDB. They're on there.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago

    Does the drive not show up in Baobab, the GNOME storage manager?

    I do not know what BackBlaze is but could investigate. I also don't know why Steam can't find your HDD... I wonder if there's a visibility issue at work there.

    Clicking the options in the bottom-right speaker icon should let you switch between different output options. I think you can also type "sound" in the menu and find them that way. Do you mean it's silent for at least one of the outputs?

    Which games are failing? I presume they're listed on ProtonDB, right?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent