On 10/11/2021 09:36 AM, Ben Koenig wrote:
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Maybe I should clarify. As far as your Pastor is concerned - Windows 10 is so
different from XP and 7 that it might as well be a Linux distro. It'll take the
same amount of effort to migrate him no matter what platform you choose.
- They moved away from traditional "My Computer" terminology as discussed
earlier.
- Window management is ripped straight from compiz. This started in Vista but
today the 3D compositor for Windows10 behaves just like any linux desktop.
- Settings App. The new settings tool for things like networking and other
basic tasks is basically just a clone of all the MacOS/Linux versions.
Basically, for a long time MS was the odd one out for a lot of things which
forced a lot of people to become reliant on it. Fast forward 20 years and that
is no longer the case. The average end-user isn't going to notice the
differences and migrating them to Linux is no different than migrating them to
Win10.
Don't bother with a VM. Just find out what applications he relies on and set
him up with a desktop that supports those apps. He will need to adjust, but
that will still happen even if he stays on Windows. One of these days MS will
stop dicking us around and officially deprecate their NT kernel in favor of
whatever Canonical compiles for them.
-Ben
I just looked at the Wikipedia article on Windows 10.
Their current machine may be new enough to have it. It's been a couple
of years since I've seen it.
An expert computer person at church has recommended that I get them a
business class machine with Windows 11 and 16 GB of memory. If it has
suitable Linux like features that may be the end of it.
An expert computer person recommended 16GB of RAM??? That's not an expert,
that's a microsoft propagandist.
?????????
Didn't know Microsoft made memory <grin>
Actually he prefers any *nix over Windows and his home machine is an Apple.
Unless this user relies on an application that specifically requires
Windows (which I very much doubt they do) then you should go with a
Linux desktop.
*ROFL*
Actually, said piece of software is a major reason I'm exploring using
WINE. It is a custom reporting tool written by/for the missions agency.
