I took an inventory of which apps my parents use: email, solitaire, Youtube, and some web browsing. That was it. Linux is good at doing those things, so I put t

I took an inventory of which apps my parents use: email, solitaire, Youtube, and some web browsing. That was it. Linux is good at doing those things, so I put them on Xubuntu (my preferred distro) about 8 years ago. Once my mom understood that the UI was similar enough to Windows, she didn't mind. Its been remarkably stable (and usable) ever since.