• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Sure, but do you think Grandma who spent $100 on a Chromebook at Walmart is going to be able to figure out Linux even if their grandson knows how to install it? Chrome OS is the push-here-dummy of OSes. You really can’t get much simpler. This is dangling a carrot in front of them so they’ll be forced to look at endless advertising.

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        11 months ago

        That’s fair enough although I’d argue some desktop environments and Linux distributions are usable very easily. Remember that people like grandma are using “the operating system as a bootloader for the browser” and if they can open Chrome or Firefox they’re good.

        That being said when writing my response I admittedly had you in mind as the user who simply wanted to save money.

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          11 months ago

          Well I do want to save money, but I’m not interested in a Chromebook for myself. My mother-in-law swears by hers though.