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Just install Linux Mint, they'll never find out.
As a fresh convert not having my .exes work would be sus. But with MS locking more and more stuff in their app store, we're not too far from a full-on windows troll distro.
Should mostly work through WINE and Proton?
It will obviously look different, but with binfmt, wine, and a sane initial setup, you could get a lot of .exe works from a click in the UI (or the CLI, after all, CLI apps exists on windows too).
or something with plasma
Don't actually do this as it is problematic. You should respect there wishes instead of trying to force Linux apron them. They don't really need to know that Linux exists at all.
The other issue is that you instantly become the sole source of tech support.
I've done it to my family and friends over a decade ago.
Free tech support is for foss!
Yeah we are very different. I do IT for a living so I'm not exactly excited to do tech support outside of work.
If it works for everyone i involved that's great but the problem with Linux is that there are far fewer people who use it which means that suddenly I'm the central point of support. I want something totally hands off for me which means something friends and family know and can help with.
I've worked in IT my whole career and if someone wants me yo install Linux on their machine, or has questions about bash scripting, I'm dropping whatever I'm doing to help them.
How else are my friends and family supposed to teach each other it nobody teaches them? Not everyone was as lucky as I was to be encouraged to pursue tech, that doesn't mean they don't deserve the same privacy and options that I benefit from.
I'm down helping once and I often will point people in the right direction
The problem is that help isn't needed once. It can turn into a full time job very quickly if you don't draw the line.
Since I've installed openSUSE Tumbleweed to everyone about 5 years ago I've actually done literally 0 tech support on that front so I'm superbly happy about that.
With Windows (albeit 7) there was always shit going wrong (not to mention XP before that which I basically regularly reinstalled). With various distros (Ubuntu & Debian mostly, but others too) there were frequent fuckeries of various flavours when upgrading.
I'm not totally against Linux. I just think that people here are so evangelical about Linux that they start installing it everywhere even when it isn't a great fit. People don't like change and installing Linux on there machine is a great way to piss people off.
Honestly I think iPads are the best for those who want a simple experience. The alternative to that is Android tablets.
People don't say "install Windows", they just want their PC to work. And if that PC isn't for Adobe or kernel-level intrusive anti-cheat money-sucking games, there is no difference (except the spying).
Also the amount of maintenance with Windows after each update isn't small (software like Shut Up Windows helps with regedits tho).
And most people don't know what their OS even is.
But no, I'm not giving an iPad to people that want Windows :P.