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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

my partner @[email protected] was last on windows 10, we finally got them a new laptop and they were so against windows 11 we installed linux and they’re taking to it so so well

like usually when i help someone install linux i am literally running tech support for 6 months

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The past <5 years gave been so good for Linux usability.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh yeah absolutely. but it's still a bit of a culture shock, and u can't really avoid terminal etc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't try to avoid terminal, so I wouldnt know, but, counterpoint:

If you want modern windows to work at all, you can't really avoid fucking around in registry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

honestly i haven't used windows in over a decade. i wouldn't know. but people tend to be weirded out by having to do the terminal stuff but partner is vibing with it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember even in old usable windows some amount of registry fuckery or constant reinstalls were necessary

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think the muscle memory for windows key cmd enter is still in my hands

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

i cry for you luckily i was a child most of the time i was using windows, specially cuz my school did all its IT classes on ubuntu, so i didn't have to suffer much of the windows bs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

like usually when i help someone install linux i am literally running tech support for 6 months

I do the same. I like to think of it more as the computer equivalent of an ML reading group. A privilege to help, not a chore to wade through.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

i am up for it and i know that it's likely to come when people switch. and i warn them as well. but particularly if it's someone remote, i find it hard to help and they don't always give me enough infos to help tho partner is not remote but it's like i say "give me laptop" and they ask me to tell them how instead. they're learning so fast and being really proactive with learning terminal and finding commands online etc i'm just proud of them