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What are the best operating systems for the computer illiterate?
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Best operating systems for the computer illiterate
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Bliss OS
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AOSP>Android-x86
Android
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ChromeOS
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PrimeOS
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Android
PrimeOS Desktop
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Windows
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Sugar on a Stick
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Bliss OS
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Bliss OS
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Bliss OS
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Pros
10
Cons
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Specs
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Fully opensource
It is fully opensource and there is no company behind it.
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Limited hardware support
Like android-x86, it has limited hardware support.
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Based On:
AOSP>Android-x86
Default Desktop Environment:
Android
OS Family:
Linux (AOSP-based)
Release Schedule:
Point
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Familiar UI/Design
Everyone who owns an Android device already know the OS.
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Not for power users
Android is designed for everyone so it might be a bit limited for power users.
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Unique
It is unique compared to taditional GNU-based Linux distributions.
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Simple Linux distro
Like ChromiumOS it has a very simple(stipped down) user interface that is easy to understand and use.
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Multi-platform
Android is available for PCs, Phones, Tablets, TVs and even Clocks.
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Android Apps
There exist an app for any task.
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ARM Virtualization
Like android-x86, it comes with ARM virtualization support, so you can run many Android ARM apps on your x-86 device.
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Google Play Store
Google Play Store is installed by default.
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Rooted with a few clicks
Similarly to android-x86, it's rooted with just a few clicks, thus allowing the use of AdAway and other Ad Blockers.
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Extra launchers
Comes with a taskbar launcher and the Pixel launcher.
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ChromeOS
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ChromeOS
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ChromeOS
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Experiences
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Pros
5
Cons
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Specs
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“Just a web browser”
There aren’t really any applications you can get on ChromeOS. If you can do it via Chrome you can do it on a Chromebook, but not much else.
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“Just a web browser”
On the other hand it’s pretty difficult to mess up “just a web browser”. You might get a few less phone calls from your elderly relatives about how they broke their fancy new email and internet machine.
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Chromebooks are cheap, cheerful and safe !
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Specs
License:
BSD, MIT, GPL, LGPL, MPL
Programming Language:
C, C++, JavaScript
Widget Toolkit:
Aura
Available on:
ChomiumOS/ChromeOS
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No icons on desktop
Chrome OS does not allow to place icons or shortcuts on the desktop, only the background picture can be changed.
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Android apps
Android apps add basic offline functionality.
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PatientMummu's Experience
for the dummies yes, chromeOS
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Con
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You might need a cloud printer
If you don’t live in the paperless world yet and you haven’t bought a new printer in the last three years you may need money up for a new cloud enabled printer.
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Booting & updating
Chrome OS boots from power off in about 7 seconds. So you don't need to leave it on and consuming power when it's not in use. You NEVER download and update any apps, although the OS does update itself. Web apps live on servers, so they're always up to date and virus free.
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Full laptop form-factor
Unlike tablets, the home of most hyper user friendly operating systems, Chromebooks come on an array of devices that don’t require you to buy any flimsy keyboard attachments.
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Pushes oneself to use (and learn how to use) cloud based solutions
With this ChromeOS also eliminates the time needed to configure the local environment.
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PrimeOS
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PrimeOS
My Recommendation for
PrimeOS
All
8
Pros
6
Cons
1
Specs
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Pro
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Android ecosystem with desktop interface
PrimeOS provides access to the whole Android ecosystem with complete desktop interface. Now use multiple apps on single screen with minimise, maximise and close option.
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Sleep problems
Problems reported with the sleep function on some laptops.
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Specs
Based On:
Android
Default Desktop Environment:
PrimeOS Desktop
Release Schedule:
Point
Origin:
India
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Dual boot at single click with PrimeOS installer
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Standalone OS, better performance than any emulator
PrimeOS is standalone OS thus provides 2x performance than any emulator as emulator runs on a host OS.
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3x better performance than windows budget laptop
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Android gaming on PC
PrimeOS is equipped with a key mapping tool, DecaPro whihc let you play any Android game at the comfort of keyboard and mouse.
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Made specially for gaming
Its extremely fast and has a great gaming experience, even on low end machines.
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Windows
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Windows
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Windows
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Pros
11
Cons
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Specs
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Windows 10 is super easy to use for eldery people
Since it hides most of the advanced configuration, updates itself and if you use it in S mode,you can't break it.
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Scanning for viruses makes builds slow
Compiling a project means reading and writing a lot of files. Even fast anti-virus software slows down the build time (which is almost always too long).
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Specs
License:
EULA
OS Family:
Windows NT
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Widely used
Windows is the most-used desktop OS in the world.
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Update policy / scheduling is a nightmare
Pop-up to update your system that will restart it if you don't interact quick enough and will have to be in reboot mode, which can freeze your activity until the update is done.
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Stable
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Unstable and slow
Windows crashes often and is much slower than alternatives, especially at file IO, which is important for developers.
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Free with most new computers
At least the non-Apple variety at any rate.
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Maintenance is time-consuming
Previous versions needed to be formatted ever 6 months to maintain performance.
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Pro
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Best support for Visual Basic
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Touch screen support
You still can't get touch support on a Mac. Windows has had touch for 5+ years now.
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The most solid choice for .NET development
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Ubuntu bash shell
Windows has a binary compatible Ubuntu shell to run non-Windows apps natively. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/commandline/wsl/about
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Free access to great development IDE in Visual Studio Community
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Windows comes first
Windows is the most used platform in the world. If you build something and need a third-party software it will most likely run on Windows. Not because it's good, but because everyone uses it.
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Best driver support of any OS
No other OS comes close to supporting as much hardware as Windows 10 does. Because it's the most popular OS, the bulk of hardware manufacturers support Windows first, and all other operating systems second.
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Sugar on a Stick
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Sugar on a Stick
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Sugar on a Stick
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2
Pros
1
Cons
1
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Con
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Focused on kids only
This desktop environment is focused on children. No reason for any adult to use it what so ever.
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Can easily be used by a lot of people
This desktop environment can be easily used by small children all the way to adults who are not computer literate.
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Android-x86
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Android-x86
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Android-x86
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Specs
Based On:
Android Open Source Project
Default Desktop Environment:
Android dalla
Release Schedule:
N/A
Init-System:
Android init
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macOS
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macOS
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macOS
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21
Pros
5
Cons
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Specs
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Con
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Vendor-Lock-in
You are now forced to use the Apple services.
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Pro
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Ideal setup, out of the box
Next to no custom configuration is necessary.
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Specs
Based On:
Research UNIX>BSD>NeXTSTEP
License:
EULA
OS Family:
UNIX (BSD/Darwin)
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Con
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Poor application support
Fewer apps run on Mac OS than on Windows or Linux.
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Lots of open-source software available
Because it's Unix under the fancy GUI, most open-source ports easily to it.
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Con
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Limited hardware
Usually, the hardware that can run this can't be upgraded.
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Polished UI
The UI of Mac OS is rather unrivaled. The smooth, responsive, and cohesive UI makes the system quite joyous to use.
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Most software is closed source
For people who like to use open source tools for their development work, this may be a problem. There's plenty of advantages to open source software, one of which is the ability to tinker with and customize the tools themselves that you are using. Although there's plenty of FOSS tools available for Mac, especially through Homebrew, the number of packages available is much lower than the number of packages available for any Linux distribution.
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Based on Unix
macOS being a UNIX certified system means that you can install a lot more stuff with a lot fewer headaches than if you were on Windows.
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No native package management
A comparison of package managers available for OSX can be found here.
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Powerful terminal
It's very similar to a Linux terminal.
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Lacks software
there are plenty of apps (esp. freeware) that exist for windows but not for mac os.
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Not very user-friendly
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Expensive
OSX is tied Apple hardware and Apple hardware tends to be expensive for what it gives.
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Silly modifier keys layout
The Command key is strange, Alt is where Super should be.
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Closed source
Mac OS is closed source itself, which means that it is developed more slowly and has more problems.
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Touchbar on Macbook Pro's
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Too little customization options
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Poor X11 integration
The most open source software does work but is very poorly integrated due apples ancient version of the X-server.
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Very few options for running hosted, on the cloud
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Bash version is obsolete
macOS comes with an obsolete version of Bash, due to licensing issues.
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Telikin
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Telikin
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Cons
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*Old* school (literally)
Very easy to use for you grandparents and stupid parents (if you have any).
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Lacks A LOT of usual features
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Old school (literaly)
WHAT THE OLD DESIGN UI
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Absolutely fabulous
Very unorganised
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