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The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My elderly neighbor needed a computer to do accounting, I set her up with Mint on a T430 w/ LibreOffice and told her I'd giver her free support till the laptop died.

5 years on and the only time I've had to fulfill my side of the bargain was when her printer was out of paper and she couldn't find her eye glasses to read the error message.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

her printer was out of paper and she couldn't find her eye glasses to read the error message.

Hahahah, omg that's awesome.

To me this user exemplifies where Linux shines: in limited-use-case scenarios (not to say it's inflexible, just that support increases quickly with increased use-case complexity).

The more general-use needed, the more technical skill is required.

This user has a small set of specific requirements, so it's pretty trivial to get them running on a Linux distro, and it's a great application of what Linux brings to the table. System management will be minimal.