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Hi so I've installed heavely modded version of windows 10 to my mom's notebook [550MB ram taken] and she does like it. But after installing anti-virus It jumped to 1GB what I really dislike. [4gb ram total]
but I have tons of fun installing and modding things...so what would be best free distro that would still let her: Do work[text files],browse facebook and shops and play some light games like the sims,caesar...?
Ubuntu seems to be quite straight-forward but I did not use it for over 3 years,is there new king for our elderly people?
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Just get her an iPad.
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Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu/Fedoora with no-frees Gnome with Cairo or Mint Cinnamon.
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>>60973597
>wasting hours of valuable time because of 500mb
>his mom doesnt give a single fuck
Seek help, you need medication ASAP
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my mom is super happy with ubuntu unity. she used gnome before that and liked it as well.
when i installed it for her, she couldn't even transfer images from a digital camera to her pc, now she does most things on her own.
though if i had to choose a distro for her again, i'd probably go with mint at this point. it's basically ubuntu but with cinnamon.
also install firefox with ublock origin and maybe umatrix. then you'll never have to worry again.
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>>60973686
>when i installed it for her, she couldn't even transfer images from a digital camera to her pc, now she does most things on her own.
took me a while to figure this out too I had to mount the device each time or s.t.
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>>60973715
i didn't make that clear enough: she tried it on windows and failed. on windows it mounts automatically. she didn't understand what a folder was or that she could open two folders at once, it was that bad.
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>>60973597
Xubuntu.
Enable compositing.
Enable v-sync.
Drop task bar to the bottom, take away unnecessary spacers, add most used programs as launchers.
restricted-extras
done.
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>>60973597
My dad gave up on computers after getting viruses to hell looking up porn. kek. TFW can no longer Skype dad.
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>>60973597
Install SSD set swap partition to 10GB.
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>>60973686
also to >>60974458
ublock-origin and password exporter
show her why organization is important for backups.
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>>60973597
Diana uses windows 10
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>>60973597
Sims aren't ported to Linux. She won't be able to play that. Unless you install WINE, but expect at least 25% worse performance then.
As for newbie friendly distros;
>Xubuntu / Linux Lite
>ZorinOS Lite (currently in beta)
>Ubuntu GNOME
>Kubuntu
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>>60973597
if you love your mom, get her an iPad.
if you want her to suffer, get her linux.
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>>60974757
>Sims
Your mom is a wannabe whore. She hates her family.
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>>60973597
Trisquel GNU/Linux.
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