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Use Bluefin or some other immutable/atomic distro.
The upside is that it's rock solid and will likely never fail in a way that cant be easily rolled back. The downside being that it's slightly more complex to administer than a traditional distro model (which probably isn't a big problem if you are going to be administering your SO's PC for the most part.)
Bluefin is basically a more general desktop, less gaming-focused version of Bazzite. Bluefin uses Gnome, but there's also a KDE Plasma version called Aurora.
An immutable distro would be a good choice. They are distros designed to be more resilient against failure. For a gamer, bazzite is a solid choice; otherwise, silverblue.
Use btrfs snapshots. Bring the PC to a state that you like, make a snapshot. Then on shutdown set the profile to reload to the specific snapshot.
Any issues? Just restart. Might take a minute, but it ensures the exact same environment every time.
Grub-btrfs is what broke my setup. Btrfs is what broke my backup. This was last week. Come again with btrfs if it gets stable.
Doesn't this mean that the system is never up to date? If so, please don't.
I mean, yes. You can't exactly snapshot a system and return it to operational order "under any circumstances" without compromise....
I would like to avoid BTRFS at all costs if possible. But snapshots are definitely part of my plan.
So be it. I've been using btrfs for a long time now without any real issues. No idea why everyone's dick gets so hard whenever you mention it.
Why? I have used btrfs for years and haven't had any issues with it, it functionally works about the same as ext4.
Because ZFS exists.
Most distros don't offer it as an option when installing afaik due to licensing, while btrfs is usually an option along side ext4
I've heard enough horror stories of BTRFS to just use ext4
yeah, the file system tools still suck for btrfs
Aurora or Bluefin would be great, general purpose distros. They're based on Fedora Kinoite and Silverblue, respectively, so you get that atomic unbreakability with the addition of some handy software and easy, optional scripts via ujust.
I have Bazzite on a laptop specifically for this reason, so if I ever kick the bucket early, they will have a reliable and portable computer.
Bazzite does seem like a good option, thanks.
Linux mint is a good, "click first" distro that won't break without root + will be easy for her to use. For something with a more modern desktop and more recent updates, Bazzite is really good at just working and (in my experience) has never broken
I have tried most known distros but not bazzite, yet. might be the next one on my distrohop journey since everyone recommends it. hope it works better than fedora kde, it does not get along with my hardware AT ALL
Bazzite might be what i go for the more i look at it. Thanks
I like bazzite!
Debian is good at being basic, generic, stable AND has an automatic security-update-in-the-background feature
The whole amount of instruction to give to Dear SO is just to reboot the machine if it ever seems to misbehave
"Hello IT have you tried turning it on and off again?"
Any of them. Just don't give the root password.
This is what I do with my mom and her boyfriend. I've had them on Linux for a few years now and neither have managed to break anything.
Fedora Atomic desktops, specifically Kinoite with KDE6 works well for me, and is basically unbreakable due to the way it works.