What should I suggest my Aunt?

[Doug]

On 10/24/2011 08:56 AM, Linux Tyro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My aunt (who has been a Windows user ever) asked me for Linux. I 
> myself being new, told her Ubuntu and after a couple of days she asks 
> me to please suggest her about one of following:
>
> 1) PCLinuxOS
> 2) openSUSE
> 3) Ubuntu
> 4) Linux Mint
>
> I suggested Ubuntu but she just asked me a brief review (if I could). 
> What she wants is just the general works she was doing in Windows but 
> of more concern - stability as once she installs she would not go for 
> a change in future and then starting learning that one flavor. I know 
> for sure PCLinuxOS and Linux Mint are easy for beginners (read and 
> knew) but Ubuntu and openSuse could be of more than just having fun! 
> They could (what I guess) provide to become a techie-wizard from a 
> non-techie wizard.
>
> I would be thankful if you can just let me know anything of the great 
> experiences people here are having.
>
> Thx.
> -- 
> Two atoms are walking along. Suddenly, one stops. The other says, "What's
> wrong?" "I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!"
>
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PCLinuxOs is an excellent system with the KDE desktop.  It will not 
blindside a Windows user, as will Ubuntu. Its Forum
(there is no mailing list) usually produces responses within hours.  You 
can install just about anything you want, and
you can install RPM software if you need to, altho the devs discourage 
that. (I had IBM's Lotus Symphony on my other
machine, which I installed from RPM.  It worked fine.  It is a cousin to 
and works like Open/Libre Office, except it is prettier
and more user friendly.)  I'm writing this from PCLOS, which I use 
almost all the time, except when I have to run some
s/w that is designed for Windows.

I have recently looked at MEPIS with the KDE desktop.  It works pretty 
OK, altho some of the installations are a bit tricky.
It gets its software base from Debian, which can be a problem sometimes, 
due to Deb's peculiar politics, but there is
an auxiliary repo that fills in some, but not all, the blanks. You don't 
(and apparently can't) get Adobe Reader, and some
sound programs that you may need.  They also use a Forum routine, and it 
works, altho it's a bit slower in response than
that of PCLOS, perhaps because there are fewer users.  I believe MEPIS 
is faster on a given machine than PCLOS, altho if you
have a fairly fast machine you may not notice the difference.  That's 
why I started looking at it, altho I'm now building a
faster PC.

--doug


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