LinuxMint Question

[Steve Litt]

Yeah, but I wouldn't let him within a mile of Unity.

SteveT

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:36:46 -0700
Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:

> +1 for Ubuntu. Close enough to Windows that the learning curve is low.
> Enforces sudo from the command line, so harder to make fatal mistakes
> when one has not had enough coffee....;)
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > regarding mate/cinnamon:  will his hardware support cinnamon? if
> > there is any doubt I would put mate on his system so it dos not
> > leave a bad taste in his mouth for linux.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Stephen Partington
> > <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dont forget that there are options for live cd's so he can try
> >> both and see which he likes the most.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:41 AM, Phil Waclawski <
> >> phil.waclawski at mesacc.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, if he's never used Linux before, one of the desktop friendly
> >>> distros (Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu) is definitely where to start, but
> >>> the big help would be someone helping with the initial setup.
> >>> Find out what they want.  Show them how to find and install
> >>> software, how to set up basic internet connections and so on.
> >>>
> >>> That may be of more use than the particular distro (so long as
> >>> you pick a desktop friendly one. ;)
> >>>
> >>> Phil W
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Nathan England
> >>> <nathan at nmecs.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> My Pastor told me tonight he's had enough of Windows and wants
> >>>> to go to Linux.
> >>>> I was impressed he even knew it existed, but that's beside the
> >>>> point. It left me with a hard question...
> >>>>
> >>>> LinuxMint Cinnamon or LinuxMint Mate
> >>>>
> >>>> First impressions I like that Mate shows program descriptions
> >>>> (thinking it might be easier for him to find things) and I can
> >>>> drag and drop applications from the menu right to the desktop.
> >>>>
> >>>> But Cinnamon really looks nice and has the latest libraries.
> >>>>
> >>>> So my question is, which is better for a complete noob to linux?
> >>>> He really is only interested in LibreOffice, Chrome and maybe
> >>>> Firefox.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Nathan England
> >>>> nengland at nmecs.com
> >>>> http://www.nmecs.com/
> >>>> Web Developer, Lamp Administrator
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
> >> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
> >> button.
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
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