Something about bats in the public Library? Sideshow bob running for mayor!
Aaron A Aaronson… Bob.
Aaron L Aaronson… Bob
if they’re not tied to specific games which are known to be problematic outside of windows, I like to either share my screen or let friends use one of my Linux systems in person to get a feel.
many are surprised it’s intuitive to them at all. Common HCI principals are neat!
Init managers for sure! Amongst file managers and DEs, firewalls, package managers, modern packaging systems and their sandbox/security systems, display servers (probably the funniest one), audio servers, filesystems.
Lots of stuff we should appreciate having as FOSS, especially the options we don’t choose.
Fully switching over for the last couple years has made this modularity feel especially apparent compared to commercial systems (when things aren’t always so seamlessly integrated) but I’m glad for it all; it’s really fucking cool to think about how dramatically you can change the experience of a Linux desktop OS.
Ideally yeah to be on a secure OS after this October, which is when the Win10 ESU concludes.
There are ways to minimise the annoyances of win11 if they’re still apprehensive but you shouldn’t let them use anything that isn’t receiving regular security updates, even if it’s just for a gaming system.
the confounding tribalism behind its modularity. options are great, but they also bring out the absolute worst in many of us.
it’s not much of a problem until those options actually manage to fragment the desktop and server ecosystems, but the attitudes at play surely drive prospective newcomers away a bit.
