Mark, Thanks for the Lubuntu recommendation. Checked the wiki and found "In June 2013 the City of Munich launched a campaign to promote adoption of Lubuntu by its citizens as a Windows XP replacement. The program will distribute 2000 free Lubuntu CDs with the aim of preventing serviceable PCs from becoming waste, just because Microsoft no longer supports the operating system and new versions of Windows will not run on older hardware. Lubuntu was chosen because its interface is easy for Windows users to transition to and because of its low hardware requirements.[22]"
What version are you using? Thanks again for your suggestion Gene On Mon, Jun 24, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Mark Wallace wrote: If you are properly backed up, via Ubuntu One or flash drives, you can completely reinstall the average Ubuntu distro in a couple of hours which is often faster than trying to find a bug someplace. If you are talking about hardware repairs, I am less sure but you probably would have less trouble with Linux in general with drivers because Windows Cd's are usually appliance specific and, if you changed the video card or something, your Windows system restore CD's will install the drivers for the old hardware. The play super safe option for someone trying Linux for the first time who isn't really into command line would be for him to install Lubuntu, which still supports x86 processors, and then put the desktop that he wants in through synaptic. Then Lubuntu could be removed if he didn't want to use it. Most new users try Linux on a legacy system and, if they try state of the art Kubuntu or something it will say that the hardware is below minimum and abort the whole install. But if you want Kubuntu and install it through the package manager after installing Lubuntu, he will be ok if he disables the visual graphics. If he tries to run things like the cube animation, he will have things like his task bar disappear because his legacy system can't take it. FastMail.FM WARNING: URL text contains a possible JavaScript attack on your machine. URL disabled. Original URL='javascript:void(0)'. For more information on phishing click [1]here. Mark Robert Mark Wallace PO Box 11144 Newburgh, NY 12552-1114 Tel: (845) 541-7396 -----Original Message----- From: WestHurley ComputerReCycling <[email protected]> To: mhvlug <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 1:42 pm Subject: [mhvlug] Recommended Distros for Windows & Linux Repairs? Was asked this Question: What is the best Linux Distro for Windows & Linux Repairs? I have no idea so thought best to post. Appreciate any recommendations of distros that you have found useful. Thanks Gene -- WestHurley ComputerReCycling [2][email protected] -- [3]http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group [4]http://mhvlug.org [5]http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo Aug 7 - Scripting Your World with Python Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group [6]http://mhvlug.org [7]http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo Aug 7 - Scripting Your World with Python Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware References 1. file://localhost/docs/phishing.html 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.fastmail.fm/ 4. http://mhvlug.org/ 5. http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug 6. http://mhvlug.org/ 7. http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug -- WestHurley ComputerReCycling [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jul 10 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo Aug 7 - Scripting Your World with Python Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware
