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by didgeoridoo 972 days ago
Same here, installed Ubuntu Mate on six super cheap Windows laptops for a psychology practice. All they needed was Firefox to access webmail and Firefox ESR for their cloud electronic medical records system (yep, using Silverlight in 2020).

I heard not a peep for tech support for years. One time someone thought she forgot her password, but it turned out she just had someone else’s computer.

Eventually the practice made enough money to get everyone on MacBooks, which honestly has given me more trouble (especially around all the system-level permissions for webcam and mic access seemingly resetting on random updates).

Never underestimate how many users just basically need a mobile kiosk instead of an actual computer.