Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing mint itself was probably newer than that kernel. Happy with my answer, we chatted a little, then she thanked me and left.

It was a nice experience, so I thought I should share!

  • RustedSwitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t have any reason to not trust OP, but the likelihood of this conversation happening at ALL seems incredibly unlikely. Never mind that it is described as successful.

    If true, this is amazing.

  • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Assuming this story is true, Linux is going to be a nightmare for that woman. It’s come a long way, but it’s still not as dead simple as it needs to be for non-technical elderly people.

  • pythonoob@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers.

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