Debian: A noob query

[Colin Law]

On 29 November 2011 17:39, LinuxIsOne <linuxisone at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net> wrote:
>
>> So I don't know what to recommend to new users other than
>> GNOME 2 since it probably has the greatest number of users as of right
>> now -- and for new users there is safety (and support) in numbers.
>
>
> So at this point of time, is it best for  newbies?

The down side is that they have the pain of the learning curve on the
Classic i/f and no sooner have they got the hang of it than they have
to move to something different.  I would say go with Unity so they
won't have to change again for a few years at least.

Colin