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Switched my Parents to Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago

I did this about a decade ago for my parents. Upgraded their computer last year and they told me they wanted to keep Linux on the new machine.

My dad wasn't convinced until his hoyle card games ran with wine though.

[–] blavius@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Congrats. I did that several years ago and they had no issues. even have my grandmother using it as well. As longs as the internet icon was in the same spot she's good.

[–] kittenroar@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Nice. Take that, adware installers! Web exploits and phishing are still (minor) risks though, since they're mostly platform agnostic.

[–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

tried to do that but mom wanted some esoteric bookkeeping software to function - so back to windows for her

[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I'm about to do this for my mother as well. I just switched back myself and found Mint has come a very long way. The last time I ran it as my main OS 10 years ago it was pretty demanding from the user, but mint now is probably more user friendly than Windows.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@OP, can you advise what themes etc you used to make it look like windows 7?

I'm about to switch one of my parents over, I think that would make the transition easier.

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