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You mean like chrome os?

• abraham 8y ago
  Chrome OS is basically just a browser so anyone who has been on the internet is pretty comfortable on it.
  • anoncoward111 8y ago
    Lubuntu is just as user friendly and comes pre-installed with all of the things one would expect, like a browser and media player and word processing software. There's an app store and browser add ons work well. The hardest thing for a casual user to learn would be "sudo apt-get install" and then guessing what the package name is that they might want to download, like vlcplayer or java
    • matt2000 8y ago
      "The hardest thing for a casual user to learn would be "sudo apt-get install" and then guessing what the package name is that they might want to download, like vlcplayer or java" Everything you said in this sentence is a deal breaker for a casual user, and a terrible user experience in general.
      • z_open 8y ago
        Graphical package managers exist now.
    • z_open 8y ago
      Don't the pre-installed ones come with a graphical package manager?
      • anoncoward111 8y ago
        Yeah and like I find it really hard to believe that a casual user who really doesn't want to spend $600 on a chromebook can learn how to copy paste basic command line stuff on the very rare occasion that what they need isn't available graphically
    • 80386 8y ago
      My roommate (about average technical literacy) tried getting a $100 laptop and putting Lubuntu on it, and ended up selling it because he couldn't figure out Linux and couldn't get any good games on it.
      • anoncoward111 8y ago
        Like TF2? Yeah, a lot of games have been bloated. But there's always Nexuiz and Xonotic which have cool little communities. Linux takes time. Life is finicky. But for the average Thai person or Vietnamese living on $300 a month, a $100 investment is more palatable than $600
• yunyu 8y ago
  If you buy a Chromebook, Chrome OS is already preinstalled.