I’ve almost successfully convinced my girlfriend to ditch Windows, so I’ll probably install kubuntu on her laptop soon. She uses the pc only for very basic operations, web browsing, office suite and a little bit of gaming.
I wanted to customize KDE Plasma so that the switch from Windows will be the simpler as possible. What customization would you suggest me?
What’s more important than KDE is the applications you mentioned…
Gaming is (ironically) the easiest these days. Assuming she uses Steam, and her games are working through Proton
Which browser does she use, and is she willing to switch? Although every modern browser is available and running well on Linux, there’s is a slight caveat for Google Chrome: (last I checked) Google Chrome is not available in most software repos. Chromium is available, but not Google Chrome. Because Chromium is degoogled, it’s lacking certain features, most importantly Google Sync (password etc). You can still download and install Google Chrome from the Google website, it’s just a bit more cumbersome than having it easily available in the repository. And anyway Firefox is superior xP especially once Google implements ManifestV3 which disables (good) adblockers.
The office suite can be the hardest part. Does she use Microsoft Office? Microsoft Office doesn’t run on Linux, so she would need to swap. The good news is that she can try out the alternatives while still on Windows, to see if it’s a deal-breaker or not.