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My mother-in-law has a computer which she uses to play card games and surf the web. Some family members kept installing trash on it, sometimes with malware. I p
by forinti 5y ago
My mother-in-law has a computer which she uses to play card games and surf the web. Some family members kept installing trash on it, sometimes with malware. I proposed we switch to Linux so that they wouldn't manage to install anything on it.
We tried Ubuntu and it has been a tremendous success. I even found my sister-in-law happily using LibreOffice on it one day.
People's reservations towards Linux are completely unfounded (nowadays).
- Ekaros 5y agoDid they get sudo rights? I doubt that if Linux Desktop really comes if there won't be same or bigger amount of crap on it. Or bad instructions just bricking it... After social part the attacks are pretty trivial. Copy this nice command line thing that downloads all the crap from Internet...
- forinti 5y agoNo, they didn't.
- phendrenad2 5y agoWhat do those other family members play their trash on? Did they buy a second computer? Or move on to another family member's computer? Not sure I'm ready to call it an unqualified success.