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I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, b
by californical 5y ago
I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, but only use the internet and some super basic document editing & viewing.
They got used to the system quickly and used it for 4 years, until the OS went out of LTS and I told them not to use it anymore… but still, they have no idea what a terminal is, no tech savvy, but still used it for their basic use-case for 4 straight years without issue! I didn’t even have to help them after the initial install. Couldn’t have been easier.
- heavyset_go 5y agoMy experience, as well. I just set up my parents' Linux desktops to look and act like the systems they were used to and it's been fine for them for years. They've even added printers and scanners to their systems without my help.
- xmprt 5y agoI think it works for either very tech savvy (who tinker but know how to fix things) or completely not tech savvy people (who will never tinker and use the computer for very basic things). If you're medium tech savvy then you run the risk of knowing how to break something but not fix it.