[PLUG] Should I suggest Ubuntu (which flavor)?

[Roderick Anderson]

On 04/21/2014 10:45 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> Suggestions? Look at Linux Mint.

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I recommend it when asked and have installed it on friend's and family's 
computers for over a year now including my workstation, laptop and 
netbook. (Debian is replacing CentOS on the servers I own and admin.)

Rod
-- 
> My wife is very computer un-friendly but loves her Linux Mint. She
> used to use Ubuntu (before Unity). I have set several friends up with
> Linux Mint, both Linux Mint 13 LTS Mate and KDE.
 >
> I'm a slacker myself (Slackware). Wayne
>
> On 04/19/2014 01:13 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I've received an email from a E.E. classmate from late 60's.
>>
>> It said in part "I haven't quite given up on XP yet but am trying
>> to go to 7.  The problem is that I hate 7 and hate Chrome & Gmail
>> even more - but I'm not going over to whatever you happen to use -
>> I'm not smart enough to learn something else - and then teach Judy.
>> "
>>
>> I'm a Debian fan.  Judy, his wife, has a M.S. in Music Education
>> (major in piano, minor in organ). In my opinion they are both in
>> the audience targeted by Microsoft and Canonical. I suspect that
>> that anything looking like Gome3 would be a show stopper.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
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