Post #94356
2025-12-25 21:48 UTC
Replies (30)
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@seachanged@mastodon.social 2025-12-25 23:37
@fschaap@mastodon.social You can buy security upgrades for Windows 10 for 30 bucks in this first year.
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@FossThought@mastodon.social 2025-12-26 00:28
@fschaap@mastodon.social I moved my parents over to Linux a few years ago. No problems. All they ever really did was call up a web browser. That's pretty OS-independent. The things that differentiate Windows from Linux are lost on them, so might as well give them an OS that has no spyware.
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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2025-12-26 00:38
@fschaap@mastodon.social 92yo aunt rocks
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@greenarchist@social.ridetrans.it 2025-12-26 00:42
@fschaap@mastodon.social This warms my heart
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@madargon@is-a.cat 2025-12-26 00:43
@fschaap@mastodon.social I hope you would help her with it :blobcathappy:
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@c_dan4th@mstdn.social 2025-12-26 01:32
@fschaap@mastodon.social You heard the lady. Do your thing ;-)
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@markstos@urbanists.social 2025-12-26 02:00
@fschaap@mastodon.social I’ve supported and still support grandparent-age folks using Linux and it’s always turned out OK. The key thing is that they are interested and away of the trade-offs as this woman seems to be.
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@mildpeach@mstdn.social 2025-12-26 02:13
@fschaap@mastodon.social Give her #elementary Best laptop replacement around and good for newbs. Doubl the life of her machine.
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@CAWguy@mstdn.ca 2025-12-26 02:24
@fschaap@mastodon.social How soon until you’re asking us to help with your aunt’s follower count here on the Fedi? 😂
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@hakona@im.alstadheim.no 2025-12-26 02:28
@fschaap@mastodon.social Converted my moms laptop recently. Turns out there is some kind of HW peculiarity, so it won't shut off. Make sure you update bios&firmware BEFORE removing windows. Also do some research on the hardware, make sure you have drivers.
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@demerara@social.vivaldi.net 2025-12-26 02:29
@fschaap@mastodon.social I don't know why it surprises people that us old pharts should not be treated like children over computers. We have been using them since before some of you guys were born! Sure, not all of us worked in tech like I did, but if we were using Compuserve back in the day, the chances are we're not naive about stuff like the "enshitification of everything" and want better than Win 11. I talk to friends my age (80) all the time about Leenux and computers and stuff...and not trivial stuff. Load her up! She'll catch on.
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@vector42@mastodon.social 2025-12-26 02:43
@fschaap@mastodon.social OK she's my honorary aunt. Love her.
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@alienghic@timeloop.cafe 2025-12-26 03:03
@fschaap@mastodon.social I like to start contemplating a migration with asking, "so what do you use your computer for?" What kinds of software do you need to have working? And suggest testing linux compatible software on their current OS first. (Libreoffice has some migration planning documentation) If it's really they just need something equivalent to a chromebook, all they really need for a linux migration is a couple trusted sources for tech support when something goes wrong.
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@darth_hideout@mas.to 2025-12-26 03:26
@fschaap@mastodon.social So called for its Lean UX?
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@nom@mk.spook.social 2025-12-26 03:35
@fschaap@mastodon.social teach her ffmpeg, imagemagick, gifsicle and GIMP and maybe she'll be happy? Also yum aptget curl wget nc etc so she can hack hehe.
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@DroidPort@mastodon.social 2025-12-26 03:40
@fschaap@mastodon.social Love some Mastodon Fan Fiction
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@aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social 2025-12-26 03:49
@fschaap@mastodon.social My Dad had me do this 7 or 8 years ago and has been fine. Cinnamon Mint. Easy peasy, and it gets easier as he gets older.
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@quixote@mastodon.nz 2025-12-26 03:51
@fschaap@mastodon.social Hooray for your aunt! You go girl!
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@eric@geldmacher.io 2025-12-26 04:08
@fschaap@mastodon.social I moved two older aunts to Linux Mint this year and it's gone relatively smoothly. Got them on SSDs too which really helped with startup time. In my case they mostly just wanted to make sure they could access a hand full of websites, and have zoom. LibreOffice was a good enough substitute for MS Office. I did also install Chrome for them instead of trying to get them on Firefox, being as that is where they spend most of their time, and I wanted to minimize the shock of the change.
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@antdude@mastodon.social 2025-12-26 04:28
@fschaap@mastodon.social but u have 2 support her
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@clive@saturation.social 2025-12-26 04:31
@fschaap@mastodon.social right on
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@11backslashes@social.unx.pw 2025-12-26 04:53
@fschaap@mastodon.social absolutly fucking based aunt you have there
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@kenjen@holos.social 2025-12-26 04:56
@fschaap@mastodon.social She is based.
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@Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social 2025-12-26 05:22
@fschaap@mastodon.social I read this and immediately heard a chorus of angels in my head start singing.
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@SusanneDoering@zirk.us 2025-12-26 05:32
@fschaap@mastodon.social My respects to your aunt! A lot of people - especially in companies and governments and administrations should learn from her!
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@sloanlance@mastodon.social 2025-12-26 05:33
@fschaap@mastodon.social Cheers to your elderly aunt! I know some people in their 70s or older that wouldn't embrace change.
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@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net 2025-12-26 05:49
@fschaap@mastodon.social Honestly, I think the learning curve is shallow enough now that anyone who is willing to learn how will be able to. It's only when you start doing weird things (like having a 5Gb network card or trying to do VR) that it gets a little difficult (you have to find and download the driver instead of it just working, and VR is mostly fine unless you have an nvidia card, fuck nvidia).
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@venite@mastodon.nl 2025-12-26 05:57
@fschaap@mastodon.social jouw tante is cool.
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@earthshine@masto.hackers.town 2025-12-26 06:00
@fschaap@mastodon.social Your aunt still got it 🤘
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@xinit@mastodon.coffee 2025-12-26 06:13
@fschaap@mastodon.social Linus would be happy that she pronounces it correctly.