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0 pointsnequo3y ago0 comments

I wonder if you'd have any more luck with that hardware putting Ubuntu Mate on it. For basic web browsing, it probably wouldn't matter much to your family whether it's running Windows or Linux.

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jonnycomputer3y ago

I'm running Ubuntu Mate on a low-end brand-new laptop that couldn't handle the Windows OS it shipped with. Couldn't be happier.

Gigachad3y ago

Problem with Ubuntu is it doesn’t auto update and it’s very hard to get it to do that. Not sure it’s even possible to auto update major releases as well.

Every time I have installed Ubuntu for someone, I have come back years later and it’s still on the same version.

nequoOP3y ago

That is strange. Did you try any of these?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates

I am not sure about major release upgrades. But if you are on an LTS release, this should cover it for five years. And as much as I dislike snaps, they do auto updates too, so in 22.04 Firefox at least keeps up-to-date too.

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