You can't please some people no matter what you do so just tell them the only tech support you be providing from now on will be for Linux and if they don't like it, they can pay for outside tech support themselves. You might wind up sleeping on the couch for a week or few but they will eventually come around.MurphCID wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:14 pmShe has seen all of them. I tried with eye candy, I tried Manjaro KDE, Manjaro Cinnamon, Fedora Cinnamon, Mint Cinnamon, POP!_OS Gnome and KDE, nothing. She is in love with Redmond... Perhaps Garuda?151tom wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:44 pm Have you offered her Pop OS.
The Wife didn't like any Linux distros until she tried PopOS and now she is learn Linux using PopOS.
I'm still in shock.
If I'd have known that PopOS would be the distro to strike her fancy I'd have installed it awhile back.
Guess ya never know what someone will take to no matter how long you've been around them.
I have given away three laptops to friends who really needed them, all with POP!_OS on it, and no one has complained, ever.
Ideas for my Linux hating daughter (and computer hating wife)?
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Jeannie
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To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
If I didn't fix or repair the Wife's computer if it failed she would just go out and buy a new computer. 
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
And what would happen if you did neither (besides sleeping on the couch for a while)?
Jeannie
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Probably best to let others choose their own religion...
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The Muffin Man
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
It's all about "positioning" and "marketing" and "spin".
When my wife's Win7 machine crashed, I got her a refurb with Win7. (Didn't give it to her when I bought it right away).
At the time Win7 became EOL, but she really hates change. I upgraded it to Win10 (since Win7 was EOL and I develop Win software) so I told the that the laptop didn't support Win7. To be fair, I couldn't get her to move to LibreOffice, even though she hated the Office ribbon.
When my wife's Win7 machine crashed, I got her a refurb with Win7. (Didn't give it to her when I bought it right away).
At the time Win7 became EOL, but she really hates change. I upgraded it to Win10 (since Win7 was EOL and I develop Win software) so I told the that the laptop didn't support Win7. To be fair, I couldn't get her to move to LibreOffice, even though she hated the Office ribbon.
"Go ahead. I don't shop here."
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
I am not sure but I am scared to find out....Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:05 pmAnd what would happen if you did neither (besides sleeping on the couch for a while)?
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Aww, come on. I though Texan's were fearless.MurphCID wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:48 amI am not sure but I am scared to find out....Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:05 pmAnd what would happen if you did neither (besides sleeping on the couch for a while)?
Jeannie
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
I guess this is where the old adage 'pick your battles' come in ... 
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Oh no, there are some unspeakable terrors that even make brave men quail.....Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:55 amAww, come on. I though Texan's were fearless.MurphCID wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:48 amI am not sure but I am scared to find out....Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:05 pm
And what would happen if you did neither (besides sleeping on the couch for a while)?
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
This maybe? https://www.etsy.com/listing/1250647551 ... _purchases I have one riding on the dash of my F150 Screw. I stuck his little butt onto some Velcro hook tape stuck to the dash so he doesn't wander around.
Jeannie
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
I like it!Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:21 pmThis maybe? https://www.etsy.com/listing/1250647551 ... _purchases I have one riding on the dash of my F150 Screw. I stuck his little butt onto some Velcro hook tape stuck to the dash so he doesn't wander around.
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!MurphCID wrote: ⤴Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:15 am I have decided as part of my retirement, I am going to get an inexpensive used laptop and put Linux on it and give it to my oldest daughter to play with. Best Buy has some pretty decent prices on older business grade laptops that I can get. Other than Linux Mint-Cinnamon, what would be a good beginner distro that looks decent and works pretty well on older hardware so that she can play around? I was thinking POP OS or MX Linux. Possibly this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-refurbi ... Id=6445050 Or this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-elitebo ... Id=6458021 She likes the 13-14" size laptops. But it has to LOOK nice, and be able to be modded and themed.
Suggestions?
Debian 12 Gnome on a MSI H61M-P25 (B3) PC & on a Dell Latitude E6410 & HP EliteBook 8540p Laptops.
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Windows 11 on a Intel DH55TC PC.
LMDE 6 on a Panasonic ToughBook CF-C1 Laptop.
Bodhi Linux 7 on a HP Compaq DC5750 Small Form Factor PC.
Windows 11 on a Intel DH55TC PC.
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Agree!heavy metal wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm
Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!
my sister's Win11 machine refused to let her log in while I was helping her in Utah last summer.
asked if it matters what is behind the screen, she only watches YouTube and her email.
She has always screamed at me for suggesting Linux.....
I stuck in a LM21 Cinnamon Live Session USB Stick, and let her use it for 3 or 4 days....
then I asked, " well, it refuses to let us repair windows, but I can make it work just like this in about 15 minutes"
she said "okay"
that was in July, and I have only heard one complaint...
"My cat broke the cord on my headphones"
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
True that!heavy metal wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm
Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Ditto!MurphCID wrote: ⤴Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:41 amTrue that!heavy metal wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm
Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!
Jeannie
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
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The Muffin Man
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
Man how things change. In 2006 I intentionally bought an Nvidia card for Compiz effects (I loved me some wobbly windows) since Intel support was lagging.
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Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
I put in the Hardware Support, Graphics Cards & Monitors, a bit about that -MurphCID wrote: ⤴Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:41 amTrue that!heavy metal wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=385110
I tried a desktop with everything twice as good as the one I'd been using and it kept freezing. Another with about the same specs as the one I had been using, freezing. Both were fixed by removing the Nvidia card.
Re: Ideas for my Linux hating daughter?
It is such a shame that Nvidia does this. At least AMD is Linux friendly.RollyShed wrote: ⤴Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:57 pmI put in the Hardware Support, Graphics Cards & Monitors, a bit about that -MurphCID wrote: ⤴Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:41 amTrue that!heavy metal wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm Don't buy anything with Nvidia graphics on it, if you don't plan to install Windows on it that is!
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=385110
I tried a desktop with everything twice as good as the one I'd been using and it kept freezing. Another with about the same specs as the one I had been using, freezing. Both were fixed by removing the Nvidia card.