A Linux for the totally maintenance free

[Tom H]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:24 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/2014 12:46 AM, Tim wrote:
>> On Wed, 2014-10-22 at 19:11 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>>>
>>> Any ideas what linux to use for such a person?
>>
>> Along with other suggestions, consider the support aspect. If they
>> can't do it themselves, it's going to be you. Which distro can you put
>> up with? Either working it for yourself, or finding a support forum
>> that's useful for you.
>
> support from "me" is exactly what I want to minimize :) :)
> Definitely, Fedora would not be suitable for this lady I am helping.
> And neither would Ubuntu.

You seem to be asking for the impossible. Whether you install Fedora,
Ubuntu, OS X, or Windows, there are going to be regular updates.

Why don't you install Fedora and put up with having to use an external
repo for non-free stuff (if necessary) and upgrading every 6 months or
so?