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My elderly friend Elaine's system has been aging poorly lately. It's got 6GB of RAM and a dual-core cpu.

She mainly uses it to keep in touch with family and play open source games like mahjong and solitaire.

She explicitly requested #LinuxMint w/ #cinnamon because #Windows is too complicated (she came from #windowsxp before trying #Windows8 )

NewEgg had a $240 Optiplex 7040 that is a massive upgrade over her old AIO. SSD, 32GB DDR4, Quad Core i5, etc.

Old hardware still has a use.

I've seen some varying opinions around #EndOf10 and #Linux and the inevitable #YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop meme, and I want to chime in that this is a regular part of the OS lifecycle. Linux users might appear in a slow dribble otherwise, but we grow more rapidly when MS fumbles. I started Linux to get away from #WindowsME, and there were similar moods around #WindowsVista and #Windows8. The event is neither a joke nor a start of Linux supremacy, just a good opportunity.

You're a newbie and as a newbie, you want a system that "just works".

You are OK with learning if you must, but the truth is, you would rather a system that is already familiar, and out of the box, the only thing you want to set up is your Wi-Fi (maybe printer). To be perfectly honest, you simply want point and click easy, just like Windows or Apple.

Ultramarine Linux (Kde Plasma) is what you seek.

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ultramarine

#Ultramarine #UltramarineLinux #Linux #Foss #OpenSource #Windows #Windows11 #Windows10 #Windows8 #Windows7