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"SO proof" distro (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Any recommendations for a linux distro that i can set up and be reasonably sure my non techy SO won't break accidentally? The set up doesn't have to be easy it just has to not break once I leave her alone with it. My first thought was popOS.

My plan is to have 2 profiles and not give her access to sudo. I just don't want to have to go into it unless she needs a new program.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Debian is good at being basic, generic, stable AND has an automatic security-update-in-the-background feature

The whole amount of instruction to give to Dear SO is just to reboot the machine if it ever seems to misbehave

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

"Hello IT have you tried turning it on and off again?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Use btrfs snapshots. Bring the PC to a state that you like, make a snapshot. Then on shutdown set the profile to reload to the specific snapshot.

Any issues? Just restart. Might take a minute, but it ensures the exact same environment every time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Grub-btrfs is what broke my setup. Btrfs is what broke my backup. This was last week. Come again with btrfs if it gets stable.

[–] themoonisacheese 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't this mean that the system is never up to date? If so, please don't.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I thought this was a request for Stack Overflow proof.

Then figured that was 'proof from pasting random crap from SO".

Then figured it's the same thing.

Any distro will be suitable, create yourself as the first user when installing (which will probably be added to the wheel/sudoers group or whatever) then create a new 'standard' user.

Most distribution defaults should be adequate.

For added safety, choose one that is immutable like, for example, Fedora atomic.

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