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So it's happened; mom's venerable Dell has bit the dust and I'm being called on to find her a new laptop. Everything I've seen here and elsewhere says Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare and we're trusting Microsoft's forced automatic updates to not break the computer. Dell is still offering computers with Win 7 and 8.1, but Microsoft is pushing the OS upgrade hard and heavy. I'd love for her to let me set her up with Linux but she's devoted to Google Picasa (Google not porting their apps is another rant) and I'm not sure how often she's going to be calling me with some Windows only program she needs. And then there's Apple, which makes my fingers itch to type, but it's looking better and better. So, what is the collective wisdom of the Soylentils*?
- Is windows 10 really not that bad and just roll with it.
- Is Linux finally ready for Grandma?
- Stick with 8.1 and turn off all the updates?
- Shell out the cash for a Macbook?
*Irony duly noted.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Nerdfest on Tuesday November 03 2015, @03:03PM
Giving money to Microsoft or Apple is just encouraging their various abuses. My girlfriend runs Linux, and has for about 6 years now. My mother and her current partner have run Linux for about 4 years. The only call I've got was after mom got a new machine I got a call from her partner because he couldn't remember the password on her old machine. Ubuntu LTS with Gnome Shell, for those that are interested. They love it. I'm a KDE user myself, but Gnome Shell seems to be fast, easy to use, and has nice widgets for weather, calendar, etc on the task bar. Saying Windows or Apple is easier to use is subjective at best and in many cases quite wrong in my opinion. Seriously, have your family member give it a try.