ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

Re:ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replac... by jamesgill on Saturday October 11, 2025 @07:19PM (#45553607)

Are you sure he wants a rolling release?

If so, then Manjaro.

If not, I always say:

From Windows? > Mint.

From MacOS? > Ubuntu.

The answer is almost always one of those two for non-technical people.

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Re:ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replac... by stavros on Saturday October 11, 2025 @08:03PM (#45553897)

Basically he doesn't bother updating his computer, so I want something that will auto-update to fairly modern versions, that's why I mentioned stability as a requirement.

What's wrong with rolling release?

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Re:ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replac... by jamesgill on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:41PM (#45621806)

I would say rather "are regular updates really necessary"? Personally, I'm not sure they are (for most users). To paraphrase Debian, there's a lot of value in stability.

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Re:ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replac... by baobun on Saturday October 11, 2025 @07:44PM (#45553784)

Manjaro is a mess. EndeavourOS is similar (both are Arch derivatives) but less breaky and something I'd recommend more.

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