this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2023
48 points (100.0% liked)

Libre Culture

67 readers
1 users here now

What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

Check out this link for more.

Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

Related Communities

Helpful Resources

Community icon is from Wikimedia Commons and is public domain.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I gave them one of my micro office PCs I was using as a server as our living room home theatre PC, because the previous one was Windows Vista which is absolutely not safe to be running connected to the internet anymore, and the new computer (hopefully) managed to get them to stop using the apps on the smart TV both due to my privacy concerns and because they are no longer being updated and don't work that great anymore (thanks for no longer supporting your few years old thousand plus dollar TV Samsung, you planned obsolecense assholes!)

This is their first Linux computer in a family that has pretty much been exclusively been using Microsoft operating systems really since they got access to computers. So, pretty big deal that I finally convinced them to give Linux a try. It's running Fedora with KDE Plasma. Here's hoping everything goes well.

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] hammsvietro@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

If their use are mostly web browsing, I don't see a reason why they wouldn't be OK with it. In 2018 I installed linux mint in my grandparents' PC, they've been using the same install since, not a problem until now. They just use firefox to watch youtube and send e-mails.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I set up my mom with a laptop using Ubuntu a while back, and it just works. Back when she used Windows, things broke all the time, she'd install random things cause sites tricked her into it, etc. With Linux all the problems are gone. All she does is basically use the browser and email. Once you set that up there's really no other maintenance involved.

Linux is a great option for non technical users as long as there's somebody to set it up for them initially.

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are they able to troubleshoot issues on their own?

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I live with them, and I will be keeping all the remote management stuff open from when it was a server, and will essentially be continuing to manage it along with the rest of my servers.

[–] stephen@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just dont give them sudo! Gonna have a baddd day

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nope! I'll be keeping my sudo account on there for when I have to do maintenance on the computer and set up a normal user account for them.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

More generally, what would be the best distro/DE for not so technical windows parents?

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Honestly, as a former Windows user, I've been really enjoying Fedora KDE. KDE because it looks and feels a lot like just a cleaner, de-bullshitted Windows 10 or 11, and Fedora because I think it strikes a good balance between stability, up to date software, and a good delection of default packages and community repositories.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] stephen@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Had my mom try Ubuntu 12.04 a while back...

where's the start menu?

here just take this

/me gives her a windows recovery CD

😆

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Seriously, have her try KDE! It feels a lot like Windows 11 but honestly a lot better than Windows.