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Linux for a Windows & Android person (Advice needed) (feddit.org)
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I need to install an OS for someone whose first impulse upon seeing a screen is to touch it, because they are young and their first assumption is a touchscreen.

They know their way around Windows and Windows is probably tought to them at school, so Windows might actually be the smart move… but I fucking hate it.

Is ZorinOS or similar polished enough that I can leave it to someone whose tech literacy is centered around Roblox, TikTok and evading parental locks? I don't want to normalize the Windows-bullshit. But I don't want their first Linux-experience to be frustrating.

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[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 6 points 20 hours ago

She's exaggerating

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

VERY much.

this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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