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I Converted my Parents to Mint! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Crossposted this on the main Linux Lemmy, but figured y'all would also appreciate it.

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.

My mom even commented on "how nice it looks." Great work Mint team and community, we have added a few more to the ranks!

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