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For the past few years I've had my grandma using a Linux desktop (for her, it's always the year of the Linux desktop!) She has no idea how to use the system, but I just lock it down for the most part, exposing mostly Skype and a solitaire game, and giving myself full access to SSH and x11vnc (through SSH, with my key required, of course).

To her, it's almost like a television, as family members are able to call her and even initiate calls. (Although we often have to call her on the normal phone to get her to realize that we're calling her on her computer, or to plug it in --- this is the one thing she does do with the hardware.)