• Endmaker@ani.social
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    7 hours ago

    a distro with the GNOME desktop environment

    We would have lost a newbie by this point.

    I don’t think we are representative of the average user. For example, noone from my family heard of these terms, or even care. They just want to browse the web, watch some Youtube videos, and that’s it.

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      8 hours ago

      That why they shouldn’t be recommended anything that has to do with GNOME. Just give them anything that closely resembles Windows.

      I installed Linux Mint on my mom’s old laptop and on my stepmother’s aunt’s laptop as well. I have had 0 support calls since then! As you say, all they want to do is browse the web.