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@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.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Nathan England
> nengland@nmecs.com
> http://www.nmecs.com/
> Web Developer, Lamp Administrator
>
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