[PLUG] Linux for non-computer person
Richard England
rlengland at gmail.com
Sat Jan 4 23:56:02 UTC 2025
Frame work also has official support for Fedora. I run MATE on mine and
I am quite happy with it.
~~Richard
Non fenestras quia MCMXC
On 1/4/25 06:51, Kunal Zodape wrote:
> I think for Framework there is official support for Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS so
> you can use that and have all peripherals like fingerprint reader and
> webcam working out of the box. For non-Linux folks trying to get into it I
> generally recommend the most well documented and stable ones but if you
> want you can choose some of the off-beat community supported Distros as
> well.
> *Pick your poison:* https://frame.work/linux
>
> Regards,
> Kunal
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good day folks and happy new year...
>> I am about to install linux on a computer for my wife. It will be a
>> Framework 13. Now the fun part.
>> My wife has been a real luddite, but he smartphone has slowly showed her
>> that she needs to have
>> a real computer for daily work. She wanted something small and light I
>> showed her the Framework 13 I have, she wants one.
>>
>> So my question is what distro should I put on this thing that will be easy
>> for a very non-computer person to use.
>>
>> I am not with her all the time. She is in Costa Rica as executor of her
>> father's estate, I go down
>> there when I can to help, and we are also starting a new business which
>> entails export from
>> Costa Rica to USA. So she does need a computer (I have been telling her
>> that now for many
>> years).
>>
>> So what distro would be best for her to start out with?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT --
>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
>> Ph 4:13 KJV
>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
>>
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