• GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    normal people can’t just… grab a single board PC and… install Linux on it! What are they supposed to do!?

    I dunno, suffer, I guess. Pass the keyboard. I’m feeling Friends.

    edit: my cousin and his wife came over about four months ago and saw we used a keyboard and the TV was just a computer and he went “why the fuck haven’t we just done that?”. He doesn’t know know Linux, but he has a Steam Deck and got by alright.

    Sometimes, they just need the idea, a little push.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      For a lot of people it’s a good use that’s the difference. I’ve been fucking around trying to set up home assistant for a year when I have time (yeah idk I know it’s supposed to be plug and play but it isn’t for me), but my wife and I were talking this morning and she’s the computer person and once we live somewhere there’s a smart thermostat she’s probably going to set it up because at that point it’s worth the effort, and if she didn’t at that point it would be worth me dedicating the consistent effort to make happen. What you’re describing is similar. If I see it I might try it if not doing it is inconvenient