TheMadCodger

Whenever this question comes up, I think the distro is less important than the desktop environment. If they feel more comfortable in Windows, go with something that provides KDE. If Mac, go with Gnome. Once they get used to it, let them go through the rite of passage that is distro hopping.

That said, and I know everyone recommends Mint or Ubuntu, and they’re fine, but you could do better. I like the immutable distros for people who just want to use their computer without thinking about it. They aren’t able to mess with anything important that keeps the computer running, and as long as they restart the computer, it’s always up to date. It’s like a Chromebook, which is the level most people are with computers.

This is the only answer, regardless of the question.

It hasn’t. As a method of commuting or travel to get somewhere it’s terrible. As a relaxing journey where the destination isn’t the point, it’s rather nice… assuming you have a room. And can afford it.

I took the train from Seattle to Philly via Chicago, and it was a really great trip. The food on the Empire Builder was actually good and included, and the observation car was the perfect place to hang out, play cards, and just watch the scenery go by.

How did you learn it? I’ve always wanted to learn, but never really knew how to get into it.

They say we’re not going to see stars pretty soon for the amount of space junk

Others have already said it, funerals are for the living. As long as you’re honest with yourself (this doesn’t seem to be about religion, rather shitty family) and you understand the consequences of your actions, you’re an adult, do what you want.

Will it cause a scandal if you don’t go? Probably. Is that something you’re prepared for? Can you deal with that fallout?

The people in this thread exclaiming you must go, it’s family! likely don’t come from families with shitty relations and themselves feel some societal obligation to go to a funeral no matter what. Geography doesn’t matter for honouring the dead. You go to comfort and commiserate with the survivors. If that’s not important to you, do it in your own way. There is no wrong way to grieve or mourn someone’s passing (obviously within reason).

Yeah, I already buy the tri-colored carrots, and the purple are my favs.

Ordered delivery from across the street because it was raining and I didn’t want to…

I started in vim and now moved into evil emacs

No, it’s not just you. Mint and Ubuntu get thrown around a lot by people recommending them to new users, and they’re fine, but they are a bit dated.

I wouldn’t do it personally, but I appreciate that you could keep the old silver lid and swap in a new black bottom cover, throw in a colourful bezel and have yourself a nice Frankenstein’d laptop.

I believe they said the only thing you couldn’t swap into your old 13 is the new battery. For that you’ll need the new chassis to get it to fit. Everything else you could replace.

Breticence

Uso “vosotros” pero vivía en España cuando aprendí. Pero la verdad es no estoy seguro de cómo se usa “usted” y me da miedo preguntar. 😂

TBH, Ubuntu used to be the best option for newbies to get their feet wet. Nowadays, it’s just a meh distro. Not enough to say abandon ship, but there are definitely better choices out there.

The only other suggestion is to figure out whether KDE or Gnome desktop environment is right for her. Former more Windows-like, latter more Mac-like. And then just make sure to grab that version of Bazzite.

Bazzite should work with your nvidia and everything else. And from the way you described yourself, you may like Bazzite’s immutability better, since it’s much harder to break than kubuntu is. Just make sure you get the KDE version. I also installed it on my steamdeck and love it.

That’s really the gist of it. For the 96% who just need a working computer and aren’t messing with system files, immutable is perfect. You really can’t break it unless you try.

Go with Bazzite. It just works, she can’t break it, and as long as she reboots from time to time, it’ll always be up to date. And she won’t have to learn anything to use it.

Yeah, I’ll take an appimage if that’s what I can get, but it’s not my favorite way to deal with it. I’m on Bluefin, so it’s flatpak and homebrew for me.