My family... is different :-). I'm constantly cleaning up weird browser extensions, strange software, cancelling subscription, etc; and their email inbox makes me cry.
Should be paying and installing something like Norton or Kaspersky or McAffee? Is there a point? Do they create privacy / nagware / ads / performance issues of their own?
How do you set them up for backup? Backblaze or sync.com? Or is there a simple utility I could set up to e.g. backup daily to SD card or something?
I assume I'm not the only person on HN to support family, but my work has taken me away from personal laptops (I spend my time either on AIX command line or in Powerpoint:) so I'm just not up to speed with that stuff anymore - any help appreciated :)
About 10 years ago, I put Xubuntu on my parent's PC. I told them that it works like Windows (the X in the corner closes programs, for example), here's how you check email, play solitare, browse Facebook, and turn it off. I expected them to say that something doesn't work, put it back to what it was, and so on, but it never happened. There were no viruses, unintended software, or weird crashes. Definitely try it if you can.