I'm talking about like your mom if she started using Linux, and just needs it to be able to open a web browser and check Facebook or her email or something. A student that just needs a laptop to do homework and take notes, or someone that just wants to play games on Steam and chat on discord.
I'm working on a Windows - > Linux guide targeting people like this and I want to make sure it can be understood by just about anybody. A problem that I've noticed is that most guides trying to do something like this seem to operate under the assumption that the viewer already knows what Linux is and has already made up their mind about switching, or that they're already pretty computer savvy. This guide won't be that, I'm writing a guide and keeping my parents in mind the whole time.
Because of this there's some things I probably won't talk about. Do these people really need to know that it's actually GNU+Linux? No, I don't think so. Should I explain how to install, use and configure hyprland, or compile a custom gaming kernel? I dont think that's really necessary. You get what I'm saying? I don't want to over complicate this and scare people off.
That being said I also want to make sure that I'm not over simplifying by skipping on key things they should know. So what are some key concepts or things that you think even the most basic of Linux users should understand? Bonus points if you can provide a solid entry level explanation of it too.
I appreciate the input, thanks for reading!
The goal of this script is really just to act as a jumping off point for anyone trying to figure out what to do or where to go after the end of Windows 10, or people just barely starting to get into Linux for the first time. I've also only been pretty consistently in the Linux space for about a year, and I wanted to write something that would answer a lot of the questions that I had and things I had a hard time understanding initially, and explain them in a simple to understand way.
It's not supposed to be an incredibly in depth guide and I hope I didn't really frame it that way, I really just want it to be a starting point to build more knowledge off of, a gateway into the greater Linux community. My main goal is just to make Linux accessible without scarinf people off with the inner workings and complex parts, while still encouraging people to learn about those things if they'd like to.
I'm thinking that if I tell things from my own experience as a pretty average computer user, it can help other pretty average computer users see it as a viable option, and I've been told by some others I've had read through it that it's been very helpful for them.