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Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Eh, I would have agreed a few years ago. But now default Ubuntu boots up basically looking like MacOS with the browser (firefox by default, not Chrome) right there in your face ready to launch. For someone truly not aware how to use a computer beyond a browser it couldn't be much easier (except booting directly into the browser). The only thing preventing that from catching on is that those people don't even know what an operating system is, let alone that it could be changed.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

We are getting there, and snap auto updating is a great step for basic users. There just needs to be less asking of questions, and more assuming defaults and just doing it.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

And you can't stop the browser from updating, since it's deployed via snap. 😆