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 ====== Blaugust 23: Linux woes ======
-Shane's mom got a laptop from some guy at her work.  It's an HP Pavilion 7, which was manufactured 12 years ago and still has Windows 7, and I figured it'd be a good test subject to install Linux on.  Since [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support|Windows is ending their support for the operating system from 7-10]], it's recommended to [[https://endof10.org/|breathe some new life into older computers by installing Linux]].  Especially if you're like me and hate Windows 11 and all the non-con genAI cortana gemini whatever shit.
+[[:about:deflectric|Shane]]'s mom got a laptop from some guy at her work.  It's an HP Pavilion 7, which was manufactured 12 years ago and still has Windows 7, and I figured it'd be a good test subject to install Linux on.  Since [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support|Windows is ending their support for the operating system from 7-10]], it's recommended to [[https://endof10.org/|breathe some new life into older computers by installing Linux]].  Especially if you're like me and hate Windows 11 and all the non-con genAI cortana gemini whatever shit.
 But despite every tech nerd online saying "Linux is so easy to install even my 7 year old nephew can do it, why can't YOU, you stupid ugly asshole???", I have [[drafts:2025:0825linux_install#what_do|failed on my first day of attempting to install Linux]]!  Yippee!  There's something wrong with the laptop or the USBs we got.  I documented everything I did on that drafts page so I can look back and be like "wow!", and maybe it will help someone else who is using the same oldass laptop as me.
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 But it's just the fact of the matter that this shit CAN be frustrating and hard if your brain isn't aligned this way!  I wouldn't know how the hell to diagnose my issue with installing Linux rn without Kat's guidance!!!  It's like telling someone "anyone can draw, just start drawing portraits" which is like yeah ANYONE can draw for real!  But the first steps are so important to get people into doing this - up to recommending easy materials like pen on paper vs. making someone jump into oil painting and chemical mixing first, or recommending starting with a simple subject like an apple versus a fully jointed human figure with dynamic posing and perspective.  My learning-impaired ass WANTS to learn new things, it's just HARD without the right kind of teaching!  And I gotta say most tutorials online on this shit is NOT the right kinda teaching for my kinda learning -- or many other non-tech-inclined people's learning.
-**Pro-Tip:** do not write "simply do xyz" or "just xyz" in your simple tech guide for noobs.  Don't say stuff like "i'm so stupid I could do it, so you should be able to do it too!".  Explain simple obvious shit like "open the terminal" or "boot up the BIOS" - like you're explaining it for the first time to someone who's never touched a computer, even if I've done that shit before maybe I'm not doing it right and actually opening the wrong thing with a similar name!!!  And have some screenshots so I can visually compare where I am on my on screen with where I should be.
+**Pro-Tips:**
+  * do not write "simply do xyz" or "just xyz" in your simple tech guide for noobs.
+  * Don't say stuff like "i'm so stupid I could do it, so you should be able to do it too!".
+  * Explain simple obvious shit like "open the terminal" or "boot up the BIOS" - like you're explaining it for the first time to someone who's never touched a computer, even if I've done that shit before maybe I'm not doing it right and actually opening the wrong thing with a similar name!!!
+  * And have some screenshots so I can visually compare where I am on my on screen with where I should be.
 Uhh that's it for now.  A lil break from Ode To A Guy posting.  I finished a commission, now to sketch out ideas for the next one... and respond to another email... ah and I want to move the furniture around our bedroom so our printer wire isn't stretched so far and is more comfortable for both me and Shane to get to when we're at our desks.  Yayyyy.  Coping by watching [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoQqUnP6Hc|King Of The Hill recap/analysis videos]].
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