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Trying to get my partner to switch from Windows to Linux. Has anyone tried Scrivener with Wine? (lemmy.catasaur.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My partner doesn't do much on the computer except web browsing and writing. The Scrivener writing program had a Linux version at some point that was abandoned.

I wanted to see if anyone personally has used Scrivener with Wine and if it is fussy or not. How has your experience been?

I could set it up for them, but they're not a tech person and will probably reject Linux if it breaks all the time and they have to get me to come fix it.

Extra irrelevant info: trying to decide on having them try Mint or Ubuntu. Fedora is my daily driver and I typically use a headless Debian install for servers, but I heard Mint and Ubuntu are pretty perfect and low fuss for Windows users.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It has, I think.

A little different, but I hope you'll see my point.
My family members use netflix on our smart TV. The netflix that says in it's privacy policy that they'll scan your network to know what devices you have.
I have never agreed to that outrageously unacceptable privacy policy, still, my devices are scanned by that garbage service, and by that they have insight on what devices I have, when am I around (at home), the network services that those devices run (any android app can run a network service in the background), and probably the OS along with it's version that your device runs. These information can be quite telling about your personality, your life situation and other private matters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And it sucks that companies are allowed to do things like that with their software but I would imagine you wouldn't be very popular if you try to tell them they can't use Netflix anymore

Could always put your machines on a different subnet to the smart TV?