456

Finally did it, got my parent on linux. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by MycelialMass@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

102 comments fedilink hide all child comments

They're in their 60's, finally convinced them.

They say things like "This is the same..."

and I'm like

"Ya because that's Firefox, the only program you use..."

"What was Windows even doing for us?"

(page 2) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] undeadfoodsnob@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

I got my parents in their 70s to use Ubuntu for a few years now. All they use is a web browser and word processing application for .docx files. They used MS Word for years and I found Only Office has a similar UI and opens word docs.

At one point I gave them an older laptop running windows again and they hated it. They wanted Linux back.

[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 15 points 1 day ago

Libreoffice has an option for a ribbon user interface. It makes it nearly identical to Microsoft's stuff that I grew up on.

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 2 points 20 hours ago

How do I use it?

load more comments (3 replies)

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

Onlyoffice is a near clone of MS office though, so there's basically no friction in adopting it unless you're heavily into advanced Excel features.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

From my experience, OnlyOffice provides better compatability with MS Office-files (that is, more so than LibreOffice). However, having used Powerpoint quite a lot in my professional life, and using OnlyOffice Presentation to make a slide deck now, that is an area where I unfortunately find it severely lacking. There's also the issue about their license - I am not all that familiar with it, but apparently they are not as free and open as they claim to be.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What ever happened to Open Office? That used to be the defacto replacement to Microsoft Office. I haven't used office tools on a personal computer in over a decade though, so I'm very out of the loop there.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

LibreOffice is as far as I know a continuation of OpenOffice.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thanks. Can that still be installed on Windows systems?

[-] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yes indeed!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

W00t!

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] undeadfoodsnob@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

If it was for me, I would support a FOSS alternative but, parents didn't enjoy the Libreoffice experience.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I tried to find this, but had big issues finding where to toggle this. I find the default UI very cluttered and confusing.

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago

Way to go, mister/miss!

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 19 points 1 day ago

Mass

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Check it out, I'm a masshole! *toot*

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Appropriate username

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Ive seen mx. be used for that but it sounds dumb for me because its too similar to the french abreviation for pieces.

(14 pc. = 14 mcx)

load more comments (3 replies)

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 17 points 1 day ago

I had my mom on Ubuntu for most of the 2010's, and then the macbook it was on had catastrophic hard drive failure around the pandemic, but then I was like, you don't work anymore, why exactly do you NEED a computer to begin with? So now she literally doesn't have a computer and just lives mobile/tablet OS life, which in a nonprofessional context seems perfectly serviceable these days.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Beyond my normal use case, I still think there are some Internet things that are "big screen" tasks. Too many websites still have poorly optimized mobile interferfaces.

[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This has been my life for years. Now if you put a modern windows computer in front of me I feel like I'm 90. nothing works how I expect or is where I expect and just get confused and angry and start complaining about how in my day things were different and better.

I miss win7

[-] dmtalon@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

What distro did you get them on?

[-] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago

Does it really matter? IMO the only thing that matters is that they got rid of Windows

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

If either of my parents could use a computer it would run linux.

But then I have to do all of their online tasks anyway, so technically they are using linux.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

I'd like to interject for a moment, what you're referring to as Linux is actually gnu/linux/churbleyimyam

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

I am honoured.

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Last time I tried convincing em to install Linux, they said "I'm on it" to end up ghosting me after like I was a weird, random beggar they met on the street.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Usually the reaction you'll get trying to convince someone to use an operating system when they don't know or care what an operating system is

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Do you mean the Internet? I use Bing."

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If you install something like Ubuntu for them, they won't bother switching back to windows.

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Mine too didnd't notice. Non-tech savvy people don't even know what an Internet browser is :)

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Great! I've got my Dad on it, just need to get my mom off of her iPad now

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

iPads are solid devices. They're expensive yeah but at least it's not a fucking Windows tablet. And if you need something just downright idiot proof Apple has got your back.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Somehow iOS confused my technology illiterate mother, but she knows how to use Android.

[-] lightsblinken@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

technology related muscle memory? once people learn a thing, its hard to convince them to relearn something new ... especially when you "are just doing the same thing anyway".

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments

this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024

456 points (97.1% liked)

Linux

47857 readers

1574 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

nooter692@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml

cyclohexane@lemmy.ml

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz