• cunt
    +2

    You could consider chrome OS? It's lightweight, easy to use, fast, secure and free

    • BlueByte
      +2

      How is Chrome OS in offline/slow internet situations. Internet around here is spotty. The one place to start with is just looking for something their kid can type up stuff for school, they currently do not have the internet. I have not played with Chrome OS yet myself but have heard its great for students, but if its completely gimped without internet it might not be the choice.

      • SevenTales
        +2

        I'm sad to report, it's pretty gimped without internet. it's not unusable, but you do lose a good chunk of it. Though things like docs and drive have an offline feature now, so it's really not that bad.

      • ttubravesrock
        +2

        I use regular Ubuntu 14.04 on my old laptop (purchased new in feb. 2010). I have internet at home but it is very slow so I don't use it too much. In fact, it seems like Ubuntu does best when you aren't surfing the internet. The wifi and bluetooth work just fine by default. I didn't have to make any changes to get them to work.