Windows has gotten so bad that my family, who has been reticent about the switch since 2004, has finally given in and is swapping! So far I got them to agree with ChromeOS Flex (booo, but still better than windows) and Bazzite!
ChromeOS
🤦♂️ My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
yeah 😔
Chromebooks are actually pretty goated. But like, you just gotta remove chromeos in favor of Linux
They don’t make this easy to do. I convinced my boss to let me put Linux on some chrome books that we just use for presenters to read from.
It involves disconnecting the battery and some other stupid shit that the boss wasn’t going to approve me doing.
So they stayed on ChromeOS.
People talk about Apple locking their shit down a lot, but I never had to open up a MacBook to install Linux.
Yeah you gotta get chromebox firmware on there and everything. I’m sure it’s a struggle but like for the price and power efficiency, it’s great. It’s a shame schools throw out pallets of Chromebooks because they’re out of date. Google singlehandedly contributing tons of waste every year
Be careful here… There will be a learning curve, and you may end up being the tech support person if you aren’t already.
I kinda already am. I hate working on their windows problems
Yeah, fair. At least you’ll get fewer facepalms this way!
If you already are their tech support, you probably could’ve forcibly switched then a long time ago.
At least, that’s how I treat my computer-illiterate boomer parents. For them, it’s “use what I tell you to use or you’re on your own.” To be fair, on their last few computers that was MacOS, but their iMac from 2013(?) got so obsolete it wasn’t good enough anymore, so as of a few months ago they’re on a mini PC running Linux whether they like it or not.
My family is famously stubborn and unreasonable to our own detriment. And by famous I mean famous there’s a little blurb about my asshole relatives being stubborn in a local history book and we took this fact as a good thing
I kinda love some of them though so I guess I’m fine with it
WARNING they may suffer from less bugs, less annoying updates, better performance, less spyware and functional package management.
Before anyone says anything I am aware there are trade-offs due to switching from what you know.
I installed fedora workstation on the computer of the mother of my wife. It just works. I set google chrome on autoboot and told her, if there is a pop up that says update system klick yes. Never had a single problem with it.
I just said no. I’m not going to help you with your computers unless you install Linux on your computer. I can fix all these other dumb operating systems. But I’m not going to do things that are not in your best interest, especially when I’m one doing the tech support.
Like. I’ll still love you if you’re shooting up heroin but I am not gonna go buy your fucking drugs.
🎼I just said no. No. No. No. No. No. No. Fuck no. No. No. Do this. Now. No. I won’t do that. Do this. Now.🎶
Just… like the world we live in now, I only want to hang out with people that use open source. Period. End of story.
Also, phone etiquette is super important. I will not waste my time around you while you diddle with your thumbs on your phone. Also, I don’t want my fucking picture taken unless I know that you have good hygiene and I’ll never find myself on the interwebz.
I’m an extremist, and I have no shame. I just say no.
Wow, your extremism is really admirable! Even though I disagree with it
Why ChromeOS though? Were they already familiar with the UI and features?
They were probably familiar with the name “Google”, makes it seem official and supported.
Unfortunately, OS Flex is the worst of both worlds; bad Linux distro and no Android runtime and libraries.
FydeOS is the answer.
I didn’t know about this. Looks good.
I give the warning before I’m handed the laptop. I’ve done three in the family, all Linux Mint XFCE, I never hear any complaints. Shit just works.
Our shared family PC is running Aurora. My wife has a ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 on the way and we are trying to figure out what she will be running. She’s coming from an old MacBook Pro so we are going to start with trying to find the best Gnome experience. I was originally thinking Fedora Workstation but I think the updates will get on her nerves.
Aurora is fantastic. I tried just to see how much work it would be to use an immutable os, and ended up using it on my main computer, for both work and gaming. installed and never looked back.
Why on earth would anyone willfully install ChromeOS? I haven’t followed recent developments but I’ve always thought of it as very limiting, not to mention just as bad in terms of privacy as a Windows install.
Hooray, great news! Meanwhile im still hoping some of my family will do the same.
Try FydeOS if you want Google Play store and Android apps.
I noticed it but it seemed to be proprietary and a kinda unknown, whats the deal with it?
They make hardware and this is the OS for that hardware. I ran it on a Windows laptop that had Chromebook specs. ChromeOS Flex was almost useless for my case so this was the next best thing. I run Debian on that now but this was fine while I used it. There is openFyde as well.
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