On Thursday 26 August 2004 18:07, ik wrote: > Hi list, > > I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, > but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. > > That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in > knowing. The only use is for word-processors and spread-sheets. > > I'm looking for a Linux distro that will be the best suitable for > this type of person, that will not require *me* to run over on any > problem 24-7, and will have the best feeling of an OS like > MS-Windows.
Your best bet would be a fully supported commercial package from one of the Desktop, "MS-Windows look a like" oriented distros. My pick would be either SuSE or Xandros Desktop (or god forbid - Linspire). They cost less then MS-Windows but not by much and they're not very friendly to Hebrew speakers. I'm personally a Mandrake fanatic, but regarding a "computer illiterate" operated only desktop, while currently having the best out-of-the-box Hebrew support, they still have a lot of work to do. My 'free as in beer' choice then would have to be Fedora, but Core 2 is not there - it has a lot of usability problems and is not very "windows newbie friendly", although if you do all the installation and setup yourself it might just be good enough. -- Oded ::.. Accidents cause History. If Sigismund Unbuckle had taken a walk in 1426 and met Wat Tyler, the Peasant's Revolt would never have happened and the motor car would not have been invented until 2026, which would have meant that all the oil could have been used for lamps, thus saving the electric light bulb and the whale, and nobody would have caught Moby Dick or Billy Budd. -- The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac / Mike Harding ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
