• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Have you ever actually helped someone build a PC or convert from windows to linux?

    Give it a shot some time.

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      8 months ago

      I have, actually. I’ve converted both my elderly parents and aunt and uncle, over a decade ago, to Linux. They were first running Xubuntu, and now they’ve been running Zorin for the past couple of years. Both of them use an pure-Intel PC/laptops (no nVidia, no proprietary drivers) and they have zero issues. All they need is a browser for Facebook/email/etc, some light document editing, and the occasional prints/scans.

      Linux works 100% perfectly for their needs, since all they’re doing is basic computing tasks. In fact the whole reason why I switched them over in the first place back then was because I got tired of doing tech support every time their Windows crapped out.

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        8 months ago

        Well good for you. I think you made some good hardware choices to support that.

        I’m more than happy to take your number and send people I switch over to linux your way when their bluetooth stops working.

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            8 months ago

            Ugh.

            Yes. I even bought a generation previous in bluetooth hoping it would be issue free for my work machine I have to use windows on. I regularly have to turn it off and turn it back on completely. i also get random extreme video lag sometimes when bluetooth connects.