Average home user non-Internet use case # 0: Printing.
If for no other reason, I will never suggest Linux as a desktop option to any of my non-IT-professional friends & family for this one reason.
Use case # -1 would be "owning a laptop." Linux continues to be finicky on laptops - even when all the hardware works, you still end up with rando issues like poor battery life and fans that never turn off due to imperfect laptop power management.
(That said, there is one version of Linux that has cracked both of these nuts for the case of people who really do just want to use the Web: Chrome OS. And I do recommend that to anyone I think it'll work for.)
If for no other reason, I will never suggest Linux as a desktop option to any of my non-IT-professional friends & family for this one reason.
Use case # -1 would be "owning a laptop." Linux continues to be finicky on laptops - even when all the hardware works, you still end up with rando issues like poor battery life and fans that never turn off due to imperfect laptop power management.
(That said, there is one version of Linux that has cracked both of these nuts for the case of people who really do just want to use the Web: Chrome OS. And I do recommend that to anyone I think it'll work for.)