[PLUG] Linux for non-computer person

Patrick O'Connor refugia at zoho.com
Sun Jan 5 03:34:59 UTC 2025


Compiz ceased development in 2012.
https://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/sideways/

I love it but X which it relies on is also no longer developed. I couldn't suggest it to another person.  


 ---- On Sat, 04 Jan 2025 18:26:05 -0800  Chuck Hast  wrote --- 
 > I think is is coming down to Mate and Mint, having run both (more Mate then
 > Mint because up until recently
 > Compiz was one of the selectable window managers on Mate, I have Mate
 > machines running Compiz with
 > I think it is 22.04, but at some point Mate decided to drop Compiz as an
 > option, I tried to install it anyhow but
 > ran into all kinds of issues. That is when I turned to Xubuntu, installing
 > Compiz on it was very easy and it all
 > just worked, as it used to with Mate. My work with Mint was similar,
 > installing Compiz on it was easy and it
 > was one of the window manager solutions then they dropped it, I moved to
 > Mate then. That is my history with
 > those distros. I still install them for folks. I let them test both and
 > tell me which the like then I set the machine
 > up with the preference.
 > 
 > Still I am all ears if anyone has comments.
 > 
 > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM Richard England rlengland at gmail.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > 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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