ChromeOS
🤦♂️ My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
yeah 😔
Be careful here... There will be a learning curve, and you may end up being the tech support person if you aren't already.
I kinda already am. I hate working on their windows problems
Yeah, fair. At least you'll get fewer facepalms this way!
Windows has gotten so bad that my family, who has been reticent about the switch since 2004, has finally given in and is swapping!
Yaaaayyyy!!! Nice one!! Congrats on pulling that off!
So far I got them to agree with ChromeOS Flex
Sorry, you what???
Some were really adamant about it being like android it's very annoying
Kinda wish grapheneos had an x86 ChromeOS-esque build. If waydroid had better integration (e.g. lepton) it'd have been an easier sell. It's on a terribly old laptop. I run different DEs on similar laptops and they didn't like kde, cosmic, or gnome's ui, very picky.
tbh i'd say debloated windows is much better than chromeos.. its the worst of both worlds
Our shared family PC is running Aurora. My wife has a ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 on the way and we are trying to figure out what she will be running. She’s coming from an old MacBook Pro so we are going to start with trying to find the best Gnome experience. I was originally thinking Fedora Workstation but I think the updates will get on her nerves.
Aurora is fantastic. I tried just to see how much work it would be to use an immutable os, and ended up using it on my main computer, for both work and gaming. installed and never looked back.
Mint is a better option, designed to be and actually is very intuitive for people who've only used windows in the past
Try FydeOS if you want Google Play store and Android apps.
I noticed it but it seemed to be proprietary and a kinda unknown, whats the deal with it?
Nice!
Cool. I would like to do the same, but I do not want to be the tech support. A member in my family does not know how to use a computer, has 180 tabs open in three different browsers. A majority of them do not know how to shutdown, and just sleep their computers. I would be shocked if GNU/Linux can handle their shenanigans.
Why ChromeOS though? Were they already familiar with the UI and features?
For extreme non-techies who really don't understand computers and just want to use a few websites it's a solid choice because it's so basic that it's hard to break
They were probably familiar with the name "Google", makes it seem official and supported.
Unfortunately, OS Flex is the worst of both worlds; bad Linux distro and no Android runtime and libraries.
FydeOS is the answer.
Hooray, great news! Meanwhile im still hoping some of my family will do the same.
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