[vannrox]

It's a good write up on how to switch to a Unix solution and avoid all the problems with Windows, yet keeping things looking a lot like windows. It's a great read.

You can read the rest here; https://blog.simon-frey.eu/how-switching-my-parents-over-to-linux-saved-me-a-lot-of-headache-and-support

[righttackle44]

Enjoyed the article. My son switched us over to linux mint a couple of years ago.

I do have one question that perhaps someone could help me with: about three weeks ago, Chrome went down and will not come back up--loads for one or two seconds than goes away.

The kicker? My wife's account also has Chrome. Her's is working perfectly: loads, stays, does what Chrome's supposed to do.

Any idea how I, a non-tech savvy guy, can fix it? I've tried to read up on the forums about what might be wrong and what I can do to fix it, but those things are just beyond me.

Any ideas, folks? Thanks.

[June2]

Bkmk

[glorgau]

I work in DevOps and a bit of tech support. Design databases, implement mail servers, etc.

If any friends or family ask me to work on their computer, I mess it up intentionally (nothing destructive) so that they’ll never ask me again. That policy has saved me lots of heartache over the years.

[Openurmind]

Sure made my life easier.

[bobcat62]

As someone who has worked on Unix systems since 1985, the last thing I would do is inflict Linux on friends and family.

Desktop Linux is a failure. Too many distributions & too many ways of doing things for the average schlub.

MacOS is the only Unix distribution that’s sugar-coated enough for the average schlub to easily use. If friends & family have an iPhone, the integration between Mac & iPhone is a win for those folks.

For the Windows 10 holdouts, buying an adequately configured PC for their use causes a lot of complaints to disappear.

[ShadowAce]

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for posting this, I expect I might need it sooner or later...

[ResisTyr]

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[FrogMom]

After reading this, I went and tried LibreOffice. It’s impressive! Have you got a link to how to transition an Access DB to Base? The ones I found all seemed to assume too much down-in-the-weeds knowledge. If I can find how to do that, I will switch and let my Office sub expire!