I’ve been rolling out linux mint to some older family members. Firefox gave them troubles (they couldn’t identify the logo), but switching in chrome did the trick. I’m now convinced that the most common OS use-case is a browser launcher.
For sure. And increasingly so. I used to think chromebooks were silly but after this experience I totally see their value: 0->WWW as fast as possible is what people want
Exactly! However, in my situation, I was helping them out with some old hardware. I had to help so many times with Windows that I took a risk and offered to “update their PC”. The “update” failed because chrome was gone - but I “changed some settings” and now chrome “came back to the computer” and now it’s smooth sailing 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve been rolling out linux mint to some older family members. Firefox gave them troubles (they couldn’t identify the logo), but switching in chrome did the trick. I’m now convinced that the most common OS use-case is a browser launcher.
Indeed it is, browsers are very complex pieces of software as well, they’re almost like their own operating system
For sure. And increasingly so. I used to think chromebooks were silly but after this experience I totally see their value: 0->WWW as fast as possible is what people want
Chromebooks were genius
Isn’t that what Chromebooks are for?
Exactly! However, in my situation, I was helping them out with some old hardware. I had to help so many times with Windows that I took a risk and offered to “update their PC”. The “update” failed because chrome was gone - but I “changed some settings” and now chrome “came back to the computer” and now it’s smooth sailing 🤣🤣🤣