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This is a great idea, but I think I would really emphasize the "or something" part of this, not the "Libre-Office" part. It needs to be something that's an upgrade or at least on par with what they were doing before experience wise (GIMP instead of Photoshop). I actively recommend against people I know taking on free software stuff that I use, if I know that it's a pain in the ass to get going with just to avoid a bad experience that turns them off to the idea.
I don't think Gimp is the upgrade you think it is. And I say this having used basically nothing else, but the interface is arcane. Unless you use it every day, you sort of have to have a browser open all the time to search for how to do things.
But I agree that the best path to migration is to do apps first, one at a time, then do a system migration. Minimizes friction and pain.
I really like Krita and Inkscape
I've tried to follow a tutorial for Inkscape, but I just couldn't adapt to the workflow.