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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 Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 53 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I haven't tried Scrinever. What follows is about trying to convert people to Linux, you can safely ignore the comment if you're not interested.

If the will doesn't come from him, he will certainly look for things he doesn't like and that will confort him in staying on Windows.

I'd say keep him informed and let him make his decisions with the information he has.

[–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's a good and sadly realistic point.

I read a forum post back in the day about a guy that forced his wife and kids to use FreeBSD and they hated it. It was pretty funny but I also don't want to be that guy

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. No one wants their autonomy removed regardless of whether it’s arguably in their interest or not. It sucks the joy out of it.

[–] n00b001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's just consent

If someone has the knowledge and examples that OP does, I'm sure they may come to the same conclusion

But jumping to the end without taking the other party on the journey results in forcing someone to do something that they might not want, or be ready for

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