Say a friend is looking for a new system, and said person is not particularly savvy with technology, what system would you point them toward?

Windows, MacOS, or Linux
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

I don't get the appeal of immutability. System files are read-only for users for a reason already. Don't modify them as root unless you know what you're doing and you'll be fine.

What am I missing?

(Also gaming for a 78 year old, meh.)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    What you're missing is that the question was what would you recommend to the average user.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Exactly, so there should be no reason to edit sensitive system files in either case. Great, further to my point.

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