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290 points XzetaU8 | 8 comments | 23 Jul 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.246s | source | bottom
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jksflkjl3jk3 ◴[23 Jul 25 12:43 UTC] No.44658589[source]▶
I can never understand how anyone with an interest in tech hasn't switched to Linux for their personal desktop/laptop at some point in the last 20+ years.

Why would you want to use a closed source OS controlled by a corporation with a past as checkered as Microsoft's?

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1. lisper ◴[23 Jul 25 12:47 UTC] No.44658618[source]▶
I’ll tell you why I still use a Mac: it’s because my non-techie wife still uses one. Even then I still have to provide her with regular tech support. For someone like her using Linux is not yet a viable option.
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2. guappa ◴[23 Jul 25 12:48 UTC] No.44658629[source]▶
My 75 years old mother can do it completely unassisted…
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3. ascendantlogic ◴[23 Jul 25 12:54 UTC] No.44658674[source]▶
Congratulations. The planet has ~8 billion people on it and everyone is different.
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4. lisper ◴[23 Jul 25 13:18 UTC] No.44658918[source]▶
That’s great but I think that says more about your mother than it does about Linux.
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5. dotancohen ◴[23 Jul 25 13:32 UTC] No.44659055[source]▶
Completely agreed. Contrary to popular belief, my experience is that the elderly get along better with Linux than most people. The elderly typically memorize exactly how to do what they want to do. They learn to click this, click that, and get what they want without taking any deviations. And Kubuntu is nice because each update doesn't change their workflow.

Considering that most elderly that I've met do their entire workflow through the browser, that just adds to the ease of moving to Linux.

6. crims0n ◴[23 Jul 25 13:58 UTC] No.44659302[source]▶
Same, I have my whole family on MacOS because the marriage of hardware and software across the ecosystem is unmatched. I totally get why people wouldn't want "i" and "pod" everything, but when you do have everything - it all just plays so nicely together. Even stupid little things like being able to remotely control the tv with your phone, or automatically unlock your computer by simply wearing your watch, add up to reduce a ton of friction day to day.
7. guappa ◴[24 Jul 25 08:39 UTC] No.44668443{3}[source]▶
Most people are not THAT different.
8. guappa ◴[24 Jul 25 08:40 UTC] No.44668449{3}[source]▶
Yes I'm sure that a lifetime of teaching literature prepared her to use linux better than average.