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Switched my Parents to Linux
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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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Typically all of us who switched our relatives to Linux were doing support anyway — but it's much easier than Windows.
Windows needs constant handholding like a needy pet (and not the cute kind). With Linux I spend extended periods of time without having to do anything. I get like one major issue a year, and it's usually hardware related. The only questions I get occasionally are "do you know an app that does thing".