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About 10 years ago, after Windows broke again, I installed Xubuntu on my parents PC. I told them it works like Windows, like how double clicking desktop icons o
by theandrewbailey 2y ago
About 10 years ago, after Windows broke again, I installed Xubuntu on my parents PC. I told them it works like Windows, like how double clicking desktop icons opens programs, the X button in the corner closes them, and there's a "start menu" at the bottom. (If "it works like Windows" triggered you, I'd like to remind you that most people don't care about how operating system kernels are designed.) I showed them how to check email, watch Youtube, play solitaire, read Facebook, and shut down. I expected them to say "put it back like what it was", but it never happened.
- alamortsubite 2y agoI did the same during COVID for my mom and dad, though I didn't tell them what I'd installed wasn't Windows. I tried to mimic the desktop as closely as possible to what they were used to. Then I set up an ssh tunnel for VNC so I could help remotely if they had a meltdown. They hadn't mentioned anything about the change after a couple weeks, which made me nervous, so I asked what was going on. My dad said they'd been using the computer normally every day, and that he'd honestly forgotten about me reconfiguring it.