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Confused about XP replacement options
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Most free OSes (Linux, BSD, etc.) require more technical knowledge to maintain than Windows.
Arch Linux is my favourite Linux distro by far, but I wouldn't recommend it to my non-techie parents or other family members.
Unless you're technically literate (and don't mind spending a bit of time understanding and configuring your system), Windows is going to be the best OS to use.
There's no need to pay for an OS... but there's no need for non-techies to struggle with non-Windows OSes either.
Well certainly a newbie couldn't easily install Arch. But if someone else set it up with everything that was needed, it would actually be fine for a newbie, provided someone was available to update it every now and again.
But those type of distros aren't meant for a newbie anyway.
Something like Linux Mint is no harder to install, work or understand than Windows.0
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