I use Alpaca

You also could cool into high core count CPUs.

NVK is pretty cool but it is still pretty new

It is now supported in Mesa

Gentoo with Ansible

Excuse me…

Linux makes it fairly easy to be a power user even if you aren’t super technical. Linux puts you in the drivers seat.

In reality anyone can be a power user

I never said that it couldn’t be used by someone who isn’t a power user. In reality I think anyone can be a power user on Linux as it is fairly accessible and easy to learn. You don’t need to be some crazy wizard to use the command line.

Could you just secure the physical location?

Do you not live in a safe place?

Depending on his age that may or may not be acceptable. My parents used to have a charging station away from bedrooms. The rules was that tech went on the charger at a certain time.

Third party software can also use Windows update as I’ve done it in the past

You could ask him what he wants

Best way to engage kids in tech is to give them options.

I like Chromebooks

I would use one if it wasn’t a privacy and freedom nightmare. I think it would be cool if there was a distro that was rootless by design and unbreakable as possible

I like Chromebooks

I would use one if it wasn’t a privacy and freedom nightmare. I think it would be cool if there was a distro that was rootless by design and unbreakable as possible

Honestly that’s a pretty good comparison

Makes sense

I think the troll users are getting old and grey at this point. People people are willing to help.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Windows XP has higher market share than Windows 8 when you account for air gapped devices.

Every old iOT device seems to to run XP

My guess is that they are using a KDE distro that doesn’t properly package gnome stuff

That’s just a guess though

You might be able to do that with Windows Update

Last time I checked there wasn’t an easy alternative. Linux might work for some things but it isn’t straight forward to manage and maintain.

Honestly Active Directory is so underrated. I think having the ability to run all your machines Inna shared collective with group policies and high controls really helped Windows adoption.

Even today there isn’t anything quite like Windows polices. Sure you can get the same effect on Linux but it takes a lot more work and requires more scripting and customization. I think Apple and Android have equivalent management tools but I don’t really know how they compare in practice.