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 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@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 >> 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@nmecs.com >>> http://www.nmecs.com/ >>> Web Developer, Lamp Administrator >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: