I installed Debian + KDE on my mom’s laptop. She hasn’t had a complaint since. How tech-savvy is she, you ask? I’m sitting with her right now, so out of politeness she put on headphones to watch her favorite soap opera. Mind you, the headphones weren’t plugged into the laptop. She was sitting there, headphones on her head, sound coming through the speakers, watching her soaps like this is how it’s meant to be done.
I debated heavily about whether or not to install Linux on parent’s computer(s) over the years. The thing that always made me decide to have them stick with windows was a couple of crappy software programs they used. Yeah, this does go back to when people bought software on discs instead of everything being web based. I honestly don’t know if I made the correct decision or not.