[PLUG] Which distribution for new user?

[David]

Linux MINT. Easy choice IMHO. (Former Ubuntu user plus many others over 
the decades.)


On 9/12/2018 12:39 PM, c wrote:
> Take a look at linux mint. Its pretty friendly to people coming from
> windows. People say that the mint distro with cinnamon is closest to a
> windows experience. Personally I prefer the mate desktop.
>
> I generally lean towards recommending something based on ubuntu, so ubuntu
> mate or linux mint are my first recommendations for somebody new to linux.
>
> Purcell
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:07 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, David wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a true answer for you, but a consideration should be which
>>> distribution you are willing / able to support when questions come up.
>> David,
>>
>>     Not an issue. I won't be doing any support. :-) That's why I want
>> something stable and easy to learn.
>>
>> Rich
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