My friend has an ailing Chromebook and I’m getting them a decent real laptop that I’m going to put Linux on. They essentially do everything in a browser already so software compatibility isn’t an issue. I’m looking for distros with high stability, KDE, unobtrusive updates that happen without user input, and a snapshot system so we can roll back if anything gets fucked up.
Also, recs for office software to get them off Google Docs (needs to be compatible with MSOffice formats)
I use Arch and regularly have to do manual fixes, which I enjoy because it forces me to learn about Linux. This is for someone who has grandparent level computer knowledge
Arch is easier than Slackware and that’s what I’d put people on when they asked back in the day. Of course, some of those “computer illiterate grandparents” came up using dos so they weren’t scared to type “startx” when they didn’t have a mouse.
Keep a vm of whatever you set em up on, it’ll make figuring stuff out much easier.