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People who have installed Linux on their parents computer, how did it go? Which distro do you recommend? Any tips? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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There are always stories of people installing Linux on their parents computer to provide them a more secure and stable operating system, seems interesting to share experiences.

Edit: I'm assuming that parents are okay with the changes, or do not care. Obviously do not force anyone to switch OS if they don't want to.

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[–] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know of many distros that enable automatic updates out of the box, you usually have to enable it after installing.

You can do that in Mint too: https://linuxhint.com/configure-updates-automatically-linux-mint/

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedora Atomic Desktops, many more "immutable" distros do