I think it very much depends on the use case. My Dad wanted to get a new PC. Since my parents are both semi retired I was very curious why he thought he needed

I think it very much depends on the use case. My Dad wanted to get a new PC. Since my parents are both semi retired I was very curious why he thought he needed a new PC. It turns out he just wanted something he could casually surf the web on and my mother could use to check her email. I had an old laptop sitting at home, which had Ubuntu on it. I gave it to him as an experiment and told him if he didn't like it to go ahead and buy a new pc. He has been using it for about 18 months now. I'm about due to buy myself a new laptop so I'll probably shunt my current one over to them then. My mother is a teacher and she uses Macs in her classroom so she was already receptive to non Windows options which probably helped. I'd say Linux is certainly a viable option if you're like my parents i.e. In the 60+ age bracket and don't need to play games, don't need to run applications but do want something you can use to email grandchildren and surf net on. The most complex apps my parents use are Firefox and LibreOffice.