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Welp.... My mom is apparently done with windows (yay!) Anf wants me to move her laptop to Linux (oh nooo). I personally use Ubuntu studios but im not sure what to get for her. She is getting her masters in nursing online so it def needs to be able to accommodate that. Do y'all have any suggestions on where to start? TIA

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[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Anything KDE. My mom and stepfather are using Kubuntu and it’s working out great.

[-] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Either Mint or Ubuntu. Both are gui and user friendly compared to Arch or Fedora imo

[-] gleb@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago
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[-] artfors@feddit.nu 0 points 1 day ago

Mint uses a outdated Desktop, Cinnemon, so wouldn't recommend Mint. A think you should choose a immutable distro like Fedora Silverblue och some of the Blufine disto.

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