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Update to my Mom's new Laptop and questions
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this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2024
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At 77, she should just use whatever she's comfortable with. So I wouldn't switch her email or anything like that, because you'll be on the hook if anything goes "wrong" (i.e. she'll blame the changes if anything surprising happens, even if it's her fault).
If you can, get her to use email less and other forms of communication more to help prevent phishing scams and whatnot from impacting her.
I second this.
Had to fix up mum's laptop and she wanted Windows 10 with all the Microsoft Office gubbins (she had to settle for Libreoffice). Didn't want a word of anything Linux because "it might not work with any of my stuff". I don't know of a single thing she does outside of web browsing and typing up word documents.
You just can't change some people.
And the goal shouldn't be to force someone to change, but to convince them that changing is in their interest.
Maybe have her try your computer (set it up with something familiar like KDE) and see how she likes it. Have her try the web version of Office. If there's an app she uses a lot, have her try an alternative. If she really doesn't like it, install Windows, make it as clean as you can, and try to get her to change one app at a time.
At the end of the day, it's her computer and you're just setting it up for her. If she understands why you think something else may be better for her, maybe she'll give it a solid shot.
Would she notice if you gave her a Linux machine but with a Windows 10 bootsplash?
Probably, she uses Windows 10 at work.