If their use are mostly web browsing, I don't see a reason why they wouldn't be OK with it. In 2018 I installed linux mint in my grandparents' PC, they've been using the same install since, not a problem until now. They just use firefox to watch youtube and send e-mails.
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Huh, Fedora with KDE plasma is the first thing I went to when I jumped from windows.
Are they able to troubleshoot issues on their own?
Just dont give them sudo! Gonna have a baddd day
Nope! I'll be keeping my sudo account on there for when I have to do maintenance on the computer and set up a normal user account for them.
I live with them, and I will be keeping all the remote management stuff open from when it was a server, and will essentially be continuing to manage it along with the rest of my servers.
Had my mom try Ubuntu 12.04 a while back...
where's the start menu?
here just take this
/me gives her a windows recovery CD
😆
Seriously, have her try KDE! It feels a lot like Windows 11 but honestly a lot better than Windows.
More generally, what would be the best distro/DE for not so technical windows parents?
I think Linux Mint with Cinnamon or xfce. Manjaro and Fedora might be just a tad too much.
Honestly, as a former Windows user, I've been really enjoying Fedora KDE. KDE because it looks and feels a lot like just a cleaner, de-bullshitted Windows 10 or 11, and Fedora because I think it strikes a good balance between stability, up to date software, and a good delection of default packages and community repositories.
I set up my mom with a laptop using Ubuntu a while back, and it just works. Back when she used Windows, things broke all the time, she'd install random things cause sites tricked her into it, etc. With Linux all the problems are gone. All she does is basically use the browser and email. Once you set that up there's really no other maintenance involved.
Linux is a great option for non technical users as long as there's somebody to set it up for them initially.