• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    Download Linux Mint

    From where? Which download? Where should I save it? Where did I save it?

    install a burner like Rufus

    What’s a burner? What’s rufus? How am I supposed to know what any of this means?

    select iso and click burn

    What does iso mean? You mean the file from earlier? Where did I save that? Why do I click burn? I don’t want to start a fire. I’m not burning a disc!

    boot into it from bios

    Now you want me to kick my computer with a boot? I don’t think you know what you’re talking about, that seems wrong. The fuck is a bios? How do I get there? What do I do once I’m in there?


    I’m obviously exaggerating but holy shit you have to realize that even being able to begin to understand your shorthand instructions through context clues requires a level of domain knowledge far beyond the average user.

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      4 hours ago

      You do realise you can just look up every single one of that qn? And you proceeded to completely ignore the main point that this isn’t an issue with Linux but switching OS in general. Not my problem if you completely miss the point and choose to ask question about the obviously simplified steps made to show how easy it is when you actually spend some effort.

      Also there are thousands and millions of articles explaining exactly this step by step that anyone literate can follow. You don’t need to understand what it is or how it works, simply following the instructions from an article with photos and that will do. You cannot fuck up an Linux Mint installation if you just use your eyes and read without messing with defaults.