Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS (www.theregister.com)

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

Everyone hates auto updates. But lets be honest, the average user isn't going to do them unless it's basically forced on them.

If there's auto-updates, they don't have to. This is what I don't understand about Linux, every distro requires you to go in and, at the very least, click several buttons. Then 5 minutes later another notification pops up to do it again. Why?

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Basically every Linux distro that exists is designed for "enthusiasts". Nobody really makes a Linux distro targeted towards the tech illiterate that will handhold them the entire way.

Immutable distros with something like Snap or Flatpaks that auto update are a great first step. They just need to go a bit further with the hand holding before they're completely dummy friendly. The problem is that hand holding pisses off enthusiasts. And since nobody wants to piss off 90% of the existing Linux user base that's probably why something like this doesn't exist (yet).

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