On 2020-01-26, Chris Bennett <cpb_m...@bennettconstruction.us> wrote: > As far as your seemingly brilliant idea, it won't work. > > Try this. Put OpenBSD on a USB stick. Then try to get ANYONE to boot it > on their laptop/desktop. I gave up after about 25 tries over the years. > > Next, try this. Give away a few laptops with OpenBSD already installed > for free. Check back with these people 3 months later. You won't find a > single one with OpenBSD still installed unless they just stuffed it in a > closet.
I can't agree with this part. I have non-technical users on OpenBSD laptops and desktops using GNOME+Chromium+LibreOffice, not everything is perfect but it works well enough and we didn't have to revert to Windows. It *does* need managing though, it won't work as a "here is the machine, now you're in charge" setup. For that reason I think in most cases this type of user would often find that an iPad or ChromeBook would suit them better.
