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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[โ€“] Kwalla@lemmy.todayyoutomorrow.me 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux is perfect for grandparents or non tech savvy family if you set it up for them. Once it's up and running, there isn't much of anything they can do to break it.

[โ€“] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That is just a straight up lie.

[โ€“] danie10@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not so, it was true for my 86-year-old mom. I installed Linux Mint and put the Chrome browser icon on her desktop, and that was all she used. She only checked e-mails and browsed like Facebook, etc. Every month or so when I went to visit, I'd just run the updater. Never broke and I never really had to do anything. The reason why I put it on, was her PC was getting old, and Windows was getting super slow. So it was win-win. She did not even know it was Linux.

[โ€“] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If the only thing you're doing is turning it on and firing up a browser, I can see that working for just about any device with just about any operating system...

Yeah, but Mint is completely free and doesnt come with much of the software bloat that might be confusing to an older person. It's a simple user experience by design.

[โ€“] TheL321@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

That is why Linux is good for a lot of people.

[โ€“] Kwalla@lemmy.todayyoutomorrow.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not in my experience. They don't know how to use the terminal and downloading anything shady online won't install. No auto-updates, no bloat, nothing but what I put there. How would that not work?

[โ€“] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Why would anything not work?

[โ€“] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Practically everything besides computers run on Linux.

Can non-techies use android phones? Absolutely! They run on Android, which is just modified Linux.

There are idiot-proof distros out there, less intimidating than Windows or iOS.