Quoting: StoneColdSpiderWell thats all from me….. Just wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences I have had during my first year of using Linux…...

Thankyou for sharing them - I had a good time reading them. I've been using Linux since 2007 (back when we had to manually bring up WiFi via the terminal after every sleep and reboot! ), and there's something really cool about seeing how good newer users have it these days!

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderTerrorising GOL……

Terrorising with your dots, for sure. Sorry, can't resist a little jab here, your posts would be 3/4 shorter with fewer dots. At least I don't have to look left to see who wrote the post when I see them.

Anyway, it's awesome Linux is working out for you, may you get many happy years of use out of it.

As for (grand)parents using Linux, I think they're a prime target there, they aren't likely to install various program, Linux is perfect for that, hassle-free use without maintenance, just hit update every week or so.

It's been way longer for me than I'd care to admit. More than two decades now since I ditched Windows, but I'll leave it there lest I start feeling way too old. No shirts to show for it. Never been one for nerd swag, although I did buy a couple of Euro/American Truck Sim shirts for cheap back when they were closing their official shop.

Quoting: damarrinAs for (grand)parents using Linux, I think they're a prime target there, they aren't likely to install various program, Linux is perfect for that, hassle-free use without maintenance, just hit update every week or so.

My parents and elderly relatives were on some more or less user-friendly Linux distro around 2006/2007 already. I made sure everything auto-updated as far as possible, and that their printers and scanners worked, and they were happy even back then. That happened simply because I was fed up with fixing their Windows installs all the time.

My point is, Linux has been a good choice for casual users for a good while, as long as somebody else took care of installing and occasionally maintaining the system. But casual users don't know how to do that advanced stuff on any OS.

Quoting: PenglingThankyou for sharing them - I had a good time reading them.

Anytime.....

Quoting: damarrinTerrorising with your dots, for sure. Sorry, can't resist a little jab here, your posts would be 3/4 shorter with fewer dots. At least I don't have to look left to see who wrote the post when I see them.

LOL!!!.....
Its just the way I type...... Ive always done it and I dont know why....... Its like a signature now....... At least if there was ever a correctly formatted post you would know my account had been hijacked and its not me.........

Quoting: damarrinAs for (grand)parents using Linux, I think they're a prime target there, they aren't likely to install various program, Linux is perfect for that, hassle-free use without maintenance, just hit update every week or so.

I agree..... Linux would be a fantastic option for the average home user who just uses their pc to surf the web...... Watch youtube/netflix and check emails....... Sadly I think the older demographic...... Much like the younger ones are moving to phones/tablets that are rather locked down walled gardens.......

Quoting: tuubiMy point is, Linux has been a good choice for casual users for a good while, as long as somebody else took care of installing and occasionally maintaining the system. But casual users don't know how to do that advanced stuff on any OS.

Thats the way my parents are...... As long as I install it and do some very minor maintenance to it they are fine...... And I want to stress that Linux is not hard to install...... But *most* people dont know how to install an operating system...... Be it Linux or Windows or MacOS.........

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderIts just the way I type...... Ive always done it and I dont know why....... Its like a signature now....... At least if there was ever a correctly formatted post you would know my account had been hijacked and its not me.........

Btw… you know that you can get typographically correct dots with AltGr+. on most Linux systems…

Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderIts just the way I type...... Ive always done it and I dont know why....... Its like a signature now....... At least if there was ever a correctly formatted post you would know my account had been hijacked and its not me.........

Btw… you know that you can get typographically correct dots with AltGr+. on most Linux systems…

I like how this 1 year on Linux post had descended into tips about fixing my dot addiction........

I have never heard of or seen the "AltGr" key........ And after a quick DuckDuckGo search....... I have a US keyboard so I dont have the AltGr key......

For anyone wondering........ I have one of these keyboards.....

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI have never heard of or seen the "AltGr" key........ And after a quick DuckDuckGo search....... I have a US keyboard so I dont have the AltGr key......

It seems that there is a keyboard layout variant intl for US keyboard layouts that makes the right Alt key work as AltGr for those combinations.

 
$ localectl list-x11-keymap-variants us
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AltGr-. produces ≥ for me. Not very useful as a dot.

Quoting: damarrinAltGr-. produces ≥ for me. Not very useful as a dot.

I get these flying dots! ···

Quoting: Pengling···

I get the those cdots with AltGr+, ·····