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> third issue is that it's Google. There's no telling when they'll pull the plug on this.

That is exactly the reason to use ChromeOS/flex.

The UI is well designed to use cloud as storage space. i.e no worries when anything folds including hardware failure.

I have not used Aurora but does it automatically do FDE? Does the user need to install chrome or Firefox? I have seen people saving passwords locally and not syncing. One fine day Xorg (or wayland gives up). Then one needs to go to users place and fix it. I did install flex on my parents machine in the other side of globe. It still works updates seamless.

I recommended ChromeOS (despite the pain of needed ublock origin ) mainly because users need to remember only one password. i.e Google 's password.

While I am a daily driver of Linux/Xubuntu, the UI from kde/gnome etc is not that friendly as ChromeOS (which mimics Android).

Not detecting printer is specific situation. This could also happen with many Linux distros.

Of course it is all IMHO.

Aurora does indeed use FDE (via LUKS). Firefox and other common applications are pre-installed (as Flatpaks) and get updated independently of the OS, without needing a reboot. There is an app store of sorts (called "Discover") which allows users to easily install/update apps - no sudo password needed - just like ChromeOS, minus the adware/spyware.

I got my folks to switch to Firefox decades ago (back in the IE 6 era), so they're comfortable with it and never had any issues with its password sync.

Wayland hasn't been a problem either. My folks don't use any fancy GPUs like nVidia (which seem to be the common cause of Linux display issues). And as I said, in case something does break, they can easily boot the previous to images right from the boot menu, no need to even press any secret keys or do a restore. My folks are also on the other side of the globe, so stability and support were my main considerations, and I liked the idea of being able to easily rollback to a previous update.

I agree with Gnome not being friendly, but don't include KDE with that - it uses the same, old-school desktop metaphor that old Windows versions used - which my folks were familiar with. Of course, this is a subjective thing, luckily my folks had no issues finding their way around. But it's not like they do any complicated computing stuff.

Yes the printer is a specific situation, but I mentioned it because I was surprised ChromeOS didn't detect it when Aurora had no issues. You'd think that ChromeOS, being based on Linux, would work fine as well... but clearly they're not alike.

Indeed it looks impressive. Thanks for the tip.

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