[xubuntu-users] Choosing the right/best version (release) of Xubuntu

[Ali Linx (amjjawad)]

Hello Xubuntu Community,

Hope everyone is fine and doing well :)

I have a neighbour, who is a Windows User but because I've been talking and
talking a lot about Linux, he decided to give me two laptops and asked me
to install Linux and wipe Windows as he is interested to try.

Tell you the truth, I am a bit confused as what Ubuntu Based System shall I
go ahead and install on these machines? these two laptops aren't Low
Hardware Machines so any Ubuntu Flavour should do the job.

I was thinking about using Xubuntu because, IMHO, I think it would be a
good choice for a Windows User. He has never used Linux before :)

However, I am not too sure which release do you recommend? I was thinking
about 12.04 because it is an LTS release but what do you recommend?

I didn't choose Lubuntu because there is no LTS release. 13.04 is great but
will reach its EOL soon. 13.10 has many issues that I would avoid for a
newcomer. I am confused between Ubuntu GNOME and Xubuntu. I think Xubuntu
is a bit closer to Windows than Ubuntu GNOME. I am also thinking about
Peppermint but we don't have an LTS version for Peppermint AFAIK.

Hope you could enlighten me with the best choice to convert two machines to
Linux :D

Also, he said that his son needs Paint because of School. I told him there
are lots of alternatives but he said Paint is better and he wanted Windows
on one of the machines but I will do whatever I could to not install
Windows :D I might need to look at Wine or a very close alternative to
Paint. Any idea?

Thank you in advance!

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