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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] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I prefer Manjaro, super easy.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Nixos with whatever defaults you don’t want her touching, then she can use nix profiles to install extra software if she wants

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

OpenSUSE MicroOS

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Fedora Atomic desktops, specifically Kinoite with KDE6 works well for me, and is basically unbreakable due to the way it works.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Any of them. Just don't give the root password.

[–] traches 1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Set up Tailscale and an SSH key for remote tech support

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