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Could libraries be able to get grants to pay someone (like me, lol) to help people leave Windows for Linux? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Dymonika@beehaw.org to c/libraries@literature.cafe

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Could this be a thing? I'd love to get paid to help people leave Windows and move to Linux Mint, but I'm not sure of where a funding source could come from. I wonder if anyone would know if libraries could possibly be open to such a program.

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[–] Elextra@literature.cafe 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I honestly moved over to Linux Mint and am motivated to stay but I find it significantly more difficult than Windows and I consider myself quite tech savvy.

Some things I still need to figure out:

How to find other drives. I have a HDD in my computer but idk how to find it
Install and link to my BackBlaze account
Soundcard. I have a sound card and I guess thats not compatible. How do I switch between headset and speakers?
Steam also can't find my HDD
Why some steam Linux compatible games arent launching

I'm sure I have encountered some other annoyances...

Just keep this in mind for others. You would have to gauge how many people would like to move/learn Linux. For your local library it might be a volunteer thing or for very little pay but they may not entertain if no demand.

[–] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What format is your HDD? If you recently switched from windows, it's possible the HDD is using the NTFS filesystem, which is not well supported so many distros will not auto mount NTFS partitions to avoid file corruption. Good news, though, better NTFS support is coming with kernel version 7. Anyway, for starters you want to check if /dev/hda exists; if it doesn't, that's a whole other problem...

Edit: I hesitate to recommend this distro to someone new to Linux, but it occurred to me CachyOS has a decent chance of solving every one of the issues you mentioned. It's gaming focused, has the latest kernel already, good hardware support, and includes an environment for running windows apps. Unfortunately, troubleshooting or installing new apps will likely involve a much steeper learning curve. But again, it might have ready to go support for everything you need, so...

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

BackBlaze PC backup is Windows only, you have to do BackBlaze B2 bucket backups instead: https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-back-up-linux-to-backblaze-b2
For games, it's a good idea to check ProtonDB https://www.protondb.com/

[–] Elextra@literature.cafe 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was told by BackBlaze "The error "No such file or directory" means the b2-linux file isn't in the directory where you're running the commands."

So I have to figure that out.

Re: ProtonDB. They're on there.

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which client are you using for BackBlaze?

[–] Elextra@literature.cafe 0 points 2 months ago

Linux Mint

Do I need a Linux application for backblaze b2 as it mentions in your link?