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Switched my Parents to Linux (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux.

They use their computer for the typical basic stuff; email, YouTube, Word, Facebook, and occasionally printing/scanning.

I promised my mom that everything would look the same and work the same. I used Linux Mint and customized the theme to look like Windows 10. I even replaced the Mint "Start" button with the Windows logo.

So far they like it and everything runs great. Plus it's snappier now that Windows isn't hogging all the system resources.

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[+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

. If you are never using MSOffice for anything other than the most basic writing Libreoffice does cut it.

Does it tho? It can even render a simple, unformatted bullet list consistently:

Linux overall does just work for the most part if the person using it just plans on using the browser anyway.

With this I agree 100%.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Doesn't look like a important difference to me, rich text documents are meant to be adaptive. If you want it to look the same everywhere, export to a pdf.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    We're talking about Word documents, right? People hate when a line wraps in the information block, or their fold and hole marks move, each time anyone with LibreOffice touches their letters. Or their crop, bleed, registration, fold marks, color bars, and safety margins when they print anything professionally. Sorry people, but Word documents require precision sometimes. They look the same, even across several major Word versions. If LibreOffice can't guarantee that, then you can't use LibreOffice in an MS Office environment where precision is necessary, and this starts with letters.

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