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 <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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>> http://www.nmecs.com/
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>>
>>
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