Thank you, this is really handy. Compose should help with Docker for me and this gives me some direction with plugins.

Thank you. This is what I’ve wanted to do with this PC for over half a year now. It’s good to de-Google in general, but drive not working well on Linux has been ruining my writing workflow on my laptop so I’ve been looking for a way to sync files between my computers.

This is something I’m willing to accept and will help out people initially if the workload isn’t too much.

The other guy that does the tech support sessions also uses Linux so I could get him on board if it gets too much for me. We’ll just have to see what the response is and how much support people need.

That’s definitely part of it. I can mention that whilst it can keep people’s daily drivers going, they can bring in even older functioning computers and breathe new life into them.

Like I installed a couple of education apps like GCompris on my kids’ laptop, and I could turn off the wifi receiver through the terminal if I wanted to. You could bring in an old laptop and turn it into an air-gapped education station for the kids.

You’re right. I should highlight the ‘it just works’ side more. And how that title has been taken from Windows and applies to Linux now.

I’d point out to people how Mint looks like windows but: -No Onedrive popups -No Office popups -No Copilot popups -No update popups -Settings are all in one place -File explorer works the same, but looks nicer

And that yeah, you don’t have to relearn things. There are minor changes because it’s a different system, but you’ll come to find things make more intuitive sense once you get used to it.

The browser is a good point and something I’d really want people to think about. A lot of people probably think they use a bunch of programs, but a majority of their computer experience is probably in the browser, with an office suite and maybe an email client.

If people realise their computer is mostly an interface for their browser, the underlying OS doesn’t matter as much and it’s better to go something leaner.