• ClumZy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Cmon, this might have been true 15 years ago, but my grandma has been using Mint for 5 years + and TRUST ME she don’t know shit about Bash. Big distros work OOTB today, as soon as you stick to regular use you’ll never see a shell in your life.

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      1 year ago

      At a certain point, though, you have to wonder whether a traditional desktop linux distro is better for regular users than just preinstalled ChromeOS on a Chromebook.

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      1 year ago

      I revived an old computer using Mint, and it works great, but that’s for my brother who just browses and does spreadsheet and writing. I’m a bit more involved with how I use a computer and it is difficult enough to setup a wireless Xbox controller that I am considering automating it for future use and make that public. Note that I know fuck all about how to even begin, and I might give up halfway through, but the point stands that the motivation was triggered by a lack of user friendliness.