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Met a nice lady at the grocery store

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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!

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_n9@lemmy.mlOP
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Don’t really want to doxx myself, but in the Helsinki area

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TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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BRB, gotta make some phone calls, Mom’s lost in Finland apparently.

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krash@lemmy.ml
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More Finns should be using Linux, specially considering its Finnish origins.

Also, hello from the other side of Östersjön 👋

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ladyanita22@lemmy.world
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I mean, Linux is not American than Finnish at this point.

But yeah, it still was born in Finland :)

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_n9@lemmy.mlOP
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Hejsan, Jag håller med! :)

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