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Any recommendations for a linux distro that i can set up and be reasonably sure my non techy SO won't break accidentally? The set up doesn't have to be easy it just has to not break once I leave her alone with it. My first thought was popOS.

My plan is to have 2 profiles and not give her access to sudo. I just don't want to have to go into it unless she needs a new program.

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mint.

I have my mum (67) and my partner using it.

Libre office and Firefox cover 99.9% of all the things mum actually does.

My partner uses blender, krita and audacity also.

Auto updates... Almost no tech support.

[–] Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

Linux mint makes sense. Auto updates and its hastle free for non techy person like me.

Even if I'm doing something crazy , chatgpt to the rescue.