Josh Coffman wrote:
I'd like a distro that will run well on my hp z5440
laptop, and is easy to update, and makes a good
desktop for non-techies.
Xandros ( www.xandros.com ) fulfills all these criteria. It's Debian
based and updates are via the Xandros Networks icon... one click the
"Start" buttin one click Xandros Networks and you're there. You can of
course add whatever sources you like to gran updates from but the
default is from Xandros themselves and works fine for me. One nice
element is the menus option to install from DEB or RPM. If you choose
RPM it just creates the DEB and hums away doing its' stuff.
It runs perfectly on my Compaq R3370EA with very minor tweaking to get
the touchpad reliable, and a bit more work to get the Wifi (PCMCIA
based) to work. If yours is built in you'll probably do fine.
As for non-techies, OK I am one. However I used Windows for 9 years
(still forced to for some stuff) and if Xandros had bene known to me 2
years ago it would have been much easier. The GUI file manager is very
Windows-like in its' display with drives down the one side, folders
opening off them etc. No going to root then /mnt then opening the
folder, which frankly has always seemed a very clunky uunsatisfactory
way to work.
Anyway the Open Community Editon (OCE) is free for download. Only takes
one CD and you can then download whatever else you want/need from the
updates. Do be aware that it's not *all* free as in beer, for the
simple reason someone had to be paid to do all the work :)
Kind regards,
Julian
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