lime comments on Anon tries running live USB Linux on his dad's computer

[–] lime@feddit.nu 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

i installed mint for my extremely non-technical parent and the only time they have issues is when trying to use windows stuff. so a non-issue.

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Installed mint for an elderly relative that only uses it for YouTube and email, the only calls I get are when mozzila stops working because the version is too old

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

i just set up weekly auto-updates.

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 point 1 year ago*

I'd rather the app stays as it is and doesn't show new windows or randomly move about stuff because new updates. Modern crunch with constantly changing the UI and hiding everything isn't helpful for elder relatives

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[–] proti@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well, mine was one of the curious ones - once they disconnected from the WiFi and no neighbor could fix it, they had to wait a few days till I came over to help.
Hopefully Linux market share will improve and you can get lucky, but issues will inevitably happen - if you're committed and close by, maybe you could try, but it sucks when you're away

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