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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

You jest but would you really install Arch on your grandmother’s PC?

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When my wife's grandparents had to get a new computer they got upset about the new windows interface and the fact their old games didn't work, so I set them up with Linux and a DE that resembled XP (it's what they were familiar with), and I was able to get most of their games going.

They used it without issue until they died.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 16 minutes ago

You couldn’t get windows games working in windows?

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Depends on her needs. If she uses it for Facebook, no problem, since I'll be admining her system anyways