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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by m4rtink on Saturday January 30, 2021 @08:42AM (#25968973)
This is often no longer an issue thanks to Flatpak & Steam Proton built-in Windows emulation.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by Shared404 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:20PM (#25970874)
In addition, there's a significant subset of people who's only program they use is a web browser.

This is obviously quite doable with basically any distro.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by m4rtink on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:37PM (#25972202)
Yes, while this has issues of its own (as long as the web services they are using are centralized and corporate controlled) I have observed the less technical users I have been helping with computer issues are totally happy as long as they sit in front of a computer with a web browser, where they can log in to their online accounts and get going.

Some might want a full mail client and possibly a printer configured and that's about it.

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