• the_q@lemm.ee
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    My 77 year old mother-in-law runs Pop cause of me and loves it.

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      My parents love Bazzite.

      Is Pop as good and generally user friendly for those less familiar with Linux? Never heard of Pop before!

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          My brother set it up for my parents even though they don’t game. I just think he installed it because it as intuitive as Windows for lay people.

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            Instead of Bazzite, Aurora or Bluefin great options. They’re from the same people, but more general purpose. I use Aurora dx (developer) and my non technical wife uses Aurora.

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          he hasn’t even heard of popos which is a good 50x more popular than bazzite. so obviously he’s here from a “gamers can use this distro” post/video and not familiar with much else

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        Yeah it’s a very good overall distro. Things work well and it’s familiar enough to pick up and use.

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      Good for her

      Just make sure you respect the wishes of the people around you. It is not ok to force someone to use Linux because you think its a good idea. You don’t get to take advantage of people to push your own agenda. Windows is going to be ideal for most people simply because it is widely supported.

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        Most sane people wouldn’t bring their some brand car to another brand car mechanic and expect service though, unfortunately most people are not that sane when it comes to it.

        No linux? No free support from your frienfly neighborhood technician.

        Oh Windows? Yeah that’ll cost…

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          For me personally I’m not supporting anyone if I can avoid it especially users running Linux. I don’t want to have to manage a custom system when I could instead get them either a plain Windows install or better yet an IPad.

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        How is me “forcing” somehow worse than Microsoft actually forcing people to use their ad-pushing, data mining spyware of an operating system? My “agenda” is simplifying an elderly person’s computing experience, protecting her from phishing/scams and allowing her the freedom of not having to worry about one other thing.

        Weird take, bud.