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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Just wanted to add that i know folks who have no problem using distro like Mint but are extremely non tech. To the point they can't set up their new TV. In fact it's safer for them than Windows since they can't just go clicling yes to all dangerous operations like on Windows.

    I thinkbeginner friendly distros are more difficult not for total noobs but for users who are slightly experienced with PCs and want to do medium level operations like installing specific soft outside distro repo .

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

    In that case, it seems to be a good idea to setup a linux installation yourself for the user and not give them sudo (or root password) and then make a service allowing them to use the app store and updating their system without requiring root privileges, but not letting them add a repository.