+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@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@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@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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>>>> nengland@nmecs.com
>>>> http://www.nmecs.com/
>>>> Web Developer, Lamp Administrator
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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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