this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
565 points (92.4% liked)
Linux
48023 readers
933 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don’t have any reason to not trust OP, but the likelihood of this conversation happening at ALL seems incredibly unlikely. Never mind that it is described as successful.
If true, this is amazing.
I don’t get why she would take her mouse to the grocery store rather than just ask her son, who installed it for her. All I could guess would be, her old mouse didn’t work so she went out and bought one?
I'm assuming OP meant a store like Target or Walmart that have groceries and also a tech section
Yes, it's a bigger store where the bottom floor is groceries and the top is more of a department store with a few shelves of computer and phone stuff, among other things.
Changing the setting from a grocery isle to an electronics department makes for a completely different story. Goes from "yeah, sure, that happened" to "perfectly credible encounter."
I've had people ask me about random things in the food aisles before now, simply because I've been the first 'young' person they've run into since they picked up the item.
*I'm in my 40s, but on a weekday afternoon, it's mostly elderly people in some supermarkets. I still know nothing about Pokemon though...