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Mike :nixos:

@danielittlewood I've been giving normies Linux mint for years. It's as easy as it gets and people still don't do updates.

With this, they're automatic and in the background. You don't even have to decide to do them or worry about potential conflict messages etc.

It's not for you and me. It's for your parents ya know

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Scooter :polyamoryFlag:
@codemonkeymike @danielittlewood I'm an actual parent and am using Cinnamon (albeit I have a tech background). There are still some problems I encounter on an occasional basis, but then again, I am not a typical user of my age. Most older users use their system for a set number of tasks and stick to those; they don't vary things that much from week to week.
Dan :nixos:

@codemonkeymike
That was why I asked about unattended upgrades - isn't it just a setting on mint you can toggle? On Debian and Ubuntu you certainly can

Mike :nixos:

@danielittlewood but will that actually upgrade you versions? Like from debian 12 to 13? I can't imagine that.. but maybe!

Either way, Nix is also providing some immutability too so people like my dad CAN'T break it even if they wanted too.

And the software store is limited to just whats on flathub.. which is safer for normies

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