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Switching her OS wasn’t to force her into conforming to my ideals or something. I tried setting her up on Chrome OS first, but it’s ass. For anything outside of Google’s ecosystem, you need an Android app designed for phone displays. There’s no real email client, no real office suite, no real way to harden her browser against scams (which she’s fallen victim to in the past).

A simple Linux distro with silent automatic updates is genuinely a better fit. Everything she needs is right there on her GNOME dock. She hasn’t called me for laptop support in months.

I just put Fedora on my mum’s Chromebook and told her it was an update

It made it easier for her to access email anyway

Did you know there is potential for VM escape exploits? As long as a VM has direct access to your GPU, you can’t safeguard yourself completely. No matter what you do, you need to take self responsibility to ensure the software you run comes from a reputable source.

Granted, VM escape exploits targeting gamers is a very low possibility, but so is windows malware running in a linux userspace actually causing any harm.

Running pirated windows games via proton is quite secure. Spend the mental resources trying to be secure by checking the sources of your game files & cracks.

IIRC that’s been a known function of Edge ever since its redesign around 5-6 years ago, regardless of whether you’re signed in all URLs go to Microsoft in plaintext