This is very different from my experience supporting family members' Linux machines. Linux simply doesn't break and get constantly polluted/corrupted like Windo

This is very different from my experience supporting family members' Linux machines. Linux simply doesn't break and get constantly polluted/corrupted like Windows did very regularly. One of my parents is thousands of miles away. It must "just work", and it has for years with some careful initial setup. It's also great that I can't remember the last time they had to buy a computer.