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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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She could careless about the OS, just as long as it is peppy like her phone and simple. So yes much happier than her Windows experience. some distros do a nice job at presenting a software store that is easy, like ZorinOS or ElementaryOS. if she isn't getting IT help from anybody and you think terminal install may become an issue, there is OpenSUSE with oneclick install of downloaded RPMs (if you are outside of repos). But SUSE is a bit of its own learning curve.
Thanks for the advice. Learning curves won't work for her. It needs to be like a phone, like you said. I have a lot of experience with Pop and I think she'd be fine with that as long as she doesn't need to use the terminal. The first time it asks her to sudo her head will explode.
Yep, understood. For my wife's I put the apps she needed on the dock and nothing else. And then for the browser I set the default page to always show her main websites as tiles. Backups are automatic to a raspberry pi running samba. So far there has been no issues unless the wifi extender goes goofy and she has to reconnect.