If she wants to try before she buys, get a copy of CLUGGIX for her. Then she can see what it is like and try a few things out without ditching her present install.
WOuld suggest GAIM for messaging....using it at work and home and enjoy it. Do my knowledge the only thing it doesn't do is webcamming...and trying to get get file transfers working...but still experimenting. COuld be the firewall at work. I use OOo at home and am in the process of transfering all my files over to its file format. As far as the CD issue, try cleaning the lens on the drive and the disk itself. I ahve some semoi-scratched disks and mine still reads them.. odd error here and there though. Time to sleep! -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 15, 2003 11:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Suggestions? I would suggest Mandrake as a more user friendly distro for the beginner Linux user. Ray Shawn wrote: >My roommate has discovered this week that the older Compaq PC they have >recently acquired is running Win 95, and refuses to recognize the DLink >DFE-538TX card in it. It also refuses to properly read my (somewhat >scratched) Win 98 CD. So, I suggested Linux to her. > >Now, I'm looking for some suggestions on which distro to install for her. >I'm not looking to start any flames or long discussions on the merits of one >distro over another. I just want an idea of which distro to look at for the >Installfest with this box. She has some skills - she installed the NIC >herself, and can install Windows if needed - but she has never worked with >Linux before. She primarily want's email and web browsing capabilities. >She will need the occasional office type tool as well (OpenOffice will do >the job for her). So, the requirements aren't that great. > >I was thinking Suse or Mandrake would do the trick. Anyone have any >comments, or reasons I shouldn't consider these? I'd like to make her Linux >experience as smooth as possible. (oh, I don't have all the specs for the >box either, but I think it's a P300.) > >On a different note, I finally got Zope and Plone running, and my website >has been switched over (http://www.open2space.com), and I've placed an event >on the site for the Installfest. Comments on the site are welcomed. (though >I'm still working on the template/layout of the site) > >Shawn > > > >
