This is amazing because I literally talked my father through getting a SHA-256 verified ISO of Linux mint onto a USB drive, and got him to flash his infected machine and walk him through the installation process with nothing but audio.
If you understand how difficult the first part can be considering the second part, you’ll understand why I’m proud of the third part.
My folks just give up the moment they suspect they have use anything that isn’t windows. I’m amazed I was even able to get them to trade word for google docs.
This is amazing because I literally talked my father through getting a SHA-256 verified ISO of Linux mint onto a USB drive, and got him to flash his infected machine and walk him through the installation process with nothing but audio.
If you understand how difficult the first part can be considering the second part, you’ll understand why I’m proud of the third part.
My folks just give up the moment they suspect they have use anything that isn’t windows. I’m amazed I was even able to get them to trade word for google docs.
My mom doesn’t seem to know.
She knows where the browser is and how to adjust the volume and is having a great time.
My folks are in their 70s and not much different.
But once I realized my dad thought that Google Chrome was his operating system I realized that this would be easy.
I’m 70, former software dev, just switched my Win10 box to Mint after running Ubuntu on my laptop for a while.
Interestingly this is my path to linux, and Ive seen it recommended elsewhere.
Move all your services to the cloud, or foss software (as most is available on linux). Then get off windows.
Libreoffice Inkscape / gimp Firefox/Chromium Thunderbird Obsidian (for notes) Bitwarden Signal Syncthing
And most of these have phone apps too!