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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

I'd advise any normal human being to use mac os day-to-day. For the rest of us there's linux
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thomy2000@fosstodon.org

Thomas Frans 🇺🇦

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@ljs And for those who like pain and suffering, there's Windows.

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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@thomy2000 I believe this is their new logo?
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ianturton@fosstodon.org

Ian Turton

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@ljs I spent this morning showing a nice lady at our how to add more memory and a new ssd to her 10 year old laptop and how to install linux mint on it. She was sold with just the live usb test with no upgrades because it was so much faster and zoom worked.

As a bonus it found and connected to a printer that I didn't even know was there.

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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@ianturton you're doing the lord's work, I still feel that linux falls down in the 'if something goes wrong you have to grep for stuff' category for normie use (excluding android/chrome os from this obv).

I mean I use linux as a daily driver and fucking love it (I may be biased lol) but can't recommend it for functional adults due to the 'if something goes wrong then you're on your own' thing.
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thomy2000@fosstodon.org

Thomas Frans 🇺🇦

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@ljs Quickly fixed it...

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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@thomy2000 you truly serve the dark lord in hell 🍷
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ianturton@fosstodon.org

Ian Turton

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@ljs All she needs is a web browser, all the university stuff is in online portals now, so she really doesn't need to shell out for a new Windows 11 capable laptop regardless of what the university says.

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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@ianturton yeah this is where chrome os can come in handy too!

Nobody should be using windows.
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