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choosing a version of Linux for my mom (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Welp.... My mom is apparently done with windows (yay!) Anf wants me to move her laptop to Linux (oh nooo). I personally use Ubuntu studios but im not sure what to get for her. She is getting her masters in nursing online so it def needs to be able to accommodate that. Do y'all have any suggestions on where to start? TIA

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[–] 28 points 11 months ago (1 child)

She is getting her masters in nursing online so it def needs to be able to accommodate that

Is there any specialist software she needs, or is it browser based?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Most important question.

    Also try to transition her slowly from outlook -> Thunderbird and chrome -> firefox and so on. Then after a few weeks at least do the switch to linux mint. Then the shock of all the new things is smaller

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I got 2 weeks for her break to change it, get it fine tuned and teach her enough to not fail instantly. Thankfully shes pretty good with computers but has never changed an OS like this.

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