Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing mint itself was probably newer than that kernel. Happy with my answer, we chatted a little, then she thanked me and left.
It was a nice experience, so I thought I should share!
What grocery store and where? I set up Linux Mint for my Mom. She’s 67.
Don’t really want to doxx myself, but in the Helsinki area
BRB, gotta make some phone calls, Mom’s lost in Finland apparently.
More Finns should be using Linux, specially considering its Finnish origins.
Also, hello from the other side of Östersjön 👋
I mean, Linux is not American than Finnish at this point.
But yeah, it still was born in Finland :)
Hejsan, Jag håller med! :)