Say a friend is looking for a new system, and said person is not particularly savvy with technology, what system would you point them toward?

  • wookiepedia@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I literally installed mom and dad’s Mac mini yesterday. They need to be able to run commercial software. Moving to Mac was foreign enough for them, I don’t think people in their 90’s would do well with Linux. I will, however, work on getting my sister onto Linux. We will see.

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      11 hours ago

      I fell with the right desktop environment like Plasma and a locked down OS that can be used without a password, Linux can be for all. Especially when it comes to using it as a web machine. If they don’t need apps, it’s fine.

      Mac’s are my go to if you need commercial software. And the one pain point for Linux as a OS.

      Though Valve is bridging the gap