I’m visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux.

They use their computer for the typical basic stuff; email, YouTube, Word, Facebook, and occasionally printing/scanning.

I promised my mom that everything would look the same and work the same. I used Linux Mint and customized the theme to look like Windows 10. I even replaced the Mint “Start” button with the Windows logo.

So far they like it and everything runs great. Plus it’s snappier now that Windows isn’t hogging all the system resources.

  • TimeSquirrel
    7•7 months ago

    And that’s the thing. It’s great for casual users who do simple computing tasks, and it’s great for the programmers, hackers, and IT professionals. But there’s no middle ground for power users who know a bit more than the average users but can’t be bothered to learn shell scripting.

    • kpw
      8•7 months ago

      I’m using Linux ten years now and I never learned shell scripting. Or do you mean running commands in the shell?

      • SemperverusEnglish
        8•7 months ago

        I play AAA titles all the time on linux. Just not ones that come bundled with viruses and rootkitskernel-level invasive anticheat.

        • Saik0English
          2•7 months ago

          And during anti-cheat outages… Turns out the games play fine with proton.