Honestly, this is not an option for everyone. It's much cheaper to give your parents your old PC or laptop with an updated distro (say, Ubuntu) and forget abou

Honestly, this is not an option for everyone. It's much cheaper to give your parents your old PC or laptop with an updated distro (say, Ubuntu) and forget about viruses, etc. They usually get most of their needs from the web (eg. webmail, facebook, etc.) and you can SSH in the event they actually need to install anything. If you are a developer, it's very likely your old PC or laptop will be good enough for their needs.