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based on: https://lemmy.world/post/53081436 by @[email protected]
original: https://xkcd.com/2501
see also: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Familiarity
created using: https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
based on: https://lemmy.world/post/53081436 by @[email protected]
original: https://xkcd.com/2501
see also: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Familiarity
I just want to say, to no one in particular…
Our ‘home’ MacBook was end of life / support recently (2017 intel). I backed up then nuked the OS and replaced it with Mint/Cinnamon.
My wife (who is very definitely NOT technical in any way) has embraced this and carried on with no issues so far, with FF and LibreOffice. It’s been nearly 6mo and no home IT support required.
Edit: I think the point I’m trying to make is: if she can crack on with most regular tasks that really boil down to browser + office tools, and not be overly bothered about what the OS is, then there’s hope for people to migrate - especially with how distros have become so accessible of late.
I mean, I had a 2011 Macbook with MacOS chugging along until early this year iirc, when the SSD croaked after another reboot due to power outage. I would probably still use it myself if not for the fact that Macbooks throttle the CPU when there’s no battery, since the power adapter can’t deliver peak power.
It has 16 GB of RAM, which is still the norm for laptops. Moreover, it actually supported higher RAM frequency than officially advertised, which I promptly exploited by buying said higher-freq RAM.
I replaced my girlfriend’s old Windows PC with one running Ubuntu. Pretty much no issues so far.
one thing about millenial wives : they can linux through a shitty computer. Technically my one’s been using linux longer (this time round) than I have.