From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:50:34 -0000, Mr Pounder wrote:   
      
   > > I'd try to install Xubuntu. If you install Windows it's only a matter of   
   > > time until it's returned to you with all sorts of malware.   
      
   > Xubuntu will probably be more difficult than Windows for me. But I'll take   
   > your suggestion onboard.   
      
   I've installed Xubuntu on my (42yo) brother's PC, a (41yo) niece's   
   laptop and my (13yo) godchild's PC.   
      
   They were all used to XP, but they quickly adapted. No telephones or   
   mails on how to do this or that. Once you get them to use Mozilla   
   Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and LibreOffice (or Abiword) it's easy to   
   switch them to another OS. The profile folder of Fx and TB can be copied   
   to Windows/Mac/Linux, so everything will be the same when they move to   
   another OS.   
      
   I'm not a Linux fanboy per se, I use W7 myself, but I have Xubuntu   
   installed on an older PC as a backup. It's easy to use and updates can   
   be installed automatically.   
      
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