Any opinion on Chromebooks?

[Smokin Joe]

Why not install LINUX on your mother's laptop? I'm running it on what was originally a Windows 8 laptop.

You can download it for free and burn it on to a USB:
https://lubuntu.me/downloads/

Alternatively you can buy one preinstalled for about £10:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315237489541

Hmmm, Linux for someone not particularly tech savvy?

I wouldn't.

 

[Chris S]

The

Hmmm, Linux for someone not particularly tech savvy?

I wouldn't.

The user interface isn't much different from Windows these days.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Maybe that raises the option of a tablet? Easy to use. Light. Can do stuff locally. If she has an Android smartphone then she already knows how to use it or, if she doesn't maybe learning to use Android would be long term useful for a mobile phone as well. If keyboard is important, you can get bluetooth keyboards pretty cheaply that work with tablets.

Not "suggesting" it as I have no appreciation for capability, etc. but maybe a consideration for OP in addition to Windows/Mac/Chromebook?

Ian

I have asked her about tablets but she wants a laptop.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Why not install LINUX on your mother's laptop? I'm running it on what was originally a Windows 8 laptop.

You can download it for free and burn it on to a USB:
https://lubuntu.me/downloads/

Alternatively you can buy one preinstalled for about £10:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315237489541

I might try and install Linux on her old laptop once she has a new one. The thing about Linux is that if you are quite tech savvy it is not difficult to use, but that is because you are not aware of all the stuff you know. Got to say myself that Ubuntu is not difficult to use. I think I tried installing Linux on a previous laptop and she didn't get on with it.

 

[Smokin Joe]

The


The user interface isn't much different from Windows these days.

I've tried it at various times over the years and it always seems to need fiddling to keep it running.

 

[Psamathe]

Hmmm, Linux for someone not particularly tech savvy?

I wouldn't.

The


The user interface isn't much different from Windows these days.

I use Ubuntu in a VM on my Mac and I think it would be straightforward for OP's Mum in that she's using only a couple of apps so it's more the apps than the OS.

I think Linux is regarded as techy and more complex as most people who use it are tech people doing techy stuff involving editing config files, etc.

Ian