Unironically why I switched my parents to Linux - they don’t touch any important settings so usually the only problems are when they get a new popup / prompt they’ve never seen, which ofc happens a lot more on windows especially when they decide to push some new thing or decide that they want to convince people to enable something new or change a setting that they want people to use.
I also love that if they call me I can just ssh in over tailscale and do whatever needs doing.
YES. I think Windows tries to keep computing “simple” while simultaneously training poor expectations and habits into its users.
“Never listen to these big scary error messages! It’s a scam!” (But also forces full-screen ads and “recommendations” for things to modify your system)
Funny you say that I saw someone on the bus the other day with a terrible KDE theme.
It looked kind of like Windows 11 but in the worse possible ways. They managed to get the panel to look like Windows 11 but they were using the wrong icons and the wrong Window decorations.
Just install Linux. Should fix most of their Windows problems.
At the expense of an exciting new array of problems!
But now they’re Linux problems and easier to solve!
Unironically why I switched my parents to Linux - they don’t touch any important settings so usually the only problems are when they get a new popup / prompt they’ve never seen, which ofc happens a lot more on windows especially when they decide to push some new thing or decide that they want to convince people to enable something new or change a setting that they want people to use.
I also love that if they call me I can just ssh in over tailscale and do whatever needs doing.
YES. I think Windows tries to keep computing “simple” while simultaneously training poor expectations and habits into its users.
“Never listen to these big scary error messages! It’s a scam!” (But also forces full-screen ads and “recommendations” for things to modify your system)
It’s very “It’s only okay when we do it.”
Where are my weather widgets?
Just install one. Likely it won’t have ads.
Funny you say that I saw someone on the bus the other day with a terrible KDE theme.
It looked kind of like Windows 11 but in the worse possible ways. They managed to get the panel to look like Windows 11 but they were using the wrong icons and the wrong Window decorations.