Re: Recommendations wanted - best/simplest distro for civilians
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:06:54 -0500 Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm doing some housecleaning and I plan to cobble together one or more machines from random parts I have lying around and then offer them up on FreeCycle, so I wonder which Linux distro I should load on them so they'll be most familiar / least threatening to J. Random Recipient. So far, I've found Ubuntu to be more user friendly. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Recommendations wanted - best/simplest distro for civilians
Michael ODonnell wrote: I'm doing some housecleaning and I plan to cobble together one or more machines from random parts I have lying around and then offer them up on FreeCycle, so I wonder which Linux distro I should load on them so they'll be most familiar / least threatening to J. Random Recipient. Ubuntu Mandriva If these are just random parts, do they have enough horsepower for "modern" distros? If they are going to be low-end random parts, other distros might be better, but I don't have any current recommendations. begin:vcard fn:Dan Jenkins n:Jenkins;Dan org:Rastech Inc. adr:;;21 Curtis Lane;Bedford;NH;03110;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Technical Director tel;work:1-603-206-9951 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
