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It's simple, easy to understand and your grandpa is unlikely to want to run Android Studio and Docker with HyperV at the same time -
Haha no sorry. Tried that windows stuff long enough. I nearly had to help every fucking day.
He's more or less using a web browser, so there is not much need for much OS around it. -
@cedrikschueler You could try to install arch and configure it into a maintainance free browser-prison.
Or else use the preconfigured one called Mac OS -
@whoneedsgit
Yes something like that "prison" was my idea.
The more OS, the more problems can come up :P
That's what I hoped to get from Chromium OS but I didn't have time to try it.
Can someone be more precise why exactly it is shit? -
ddephor45116yI used debian and installed Cinnamon as Desktop for my parents.
A bit tweaking here and there and it just works. -
@Alice has explained very well why you should use Win CE you don't have to search any more https://devrant.com/rants/1648469/...
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Mint or ubuntu. Installed that for my parents and sister who are all highly a technical and still running stable after 5+ years! They find it much more easy to work with than windows as well.
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