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starrynights89
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My dad called me up at 11:30 PM telling me that his computer wasn't booting. I drive over to see what was going on. I notice immediately that the motherboard light is a solid amber light.

Me: "The motherboard is amber, that means it's failing to POST".

Dad: "How soon can we fix it? I need to run my Ebay business."

Me: "A week probably. You have a laptop that works can you use that?"

Dad: "It doesn't work great with Windows, it's not a very powerful compu"

Me: "You're going to use Linux dad. Welcome to Linux."

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linux mint

helping my parents with computers

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  • 41
    6y
    Morpheus: You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
  • 16
    6y
    @AlexDeLarge Cinnamon DE. I wanted it to be as stable as possible.
  • 14
    6y
    Mint was a great choice
  • 3
    6y
    Yes Mint is a great choice
  • 4
    6y
    Good old Cinnamon.
  • 2
    6y
    Once you go Black *er* I mean Linux, you never go back
  • 1
    6y
    @-BSD Spoiler alert: My dad ended up going back to Windows 10. But getting him to stay on Linux for 2 days was a hell of an accomplishment for me.
  • 2
    6y
    I’d love to see dads journey from cinnamon to i3wm 😍
  • 1
    6y
    I think my dad's so bad with computers he wouldn't notice the difference 😁
  • 2
    6y
    Mint is wonderful, another really good distro that "just works" is Elementary OS
  • 1
    6y
    Mint is so wonderful. Real plug and play!
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