i whould consider Kubuntu On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would also consider mint, as it is ubuntu without the hassle of hunting > down proprietary codecs, etc. I have used their live cd and it works well. > It is yet another flavor but well done and set up a bit more like a windows > machine would be. > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Tim Wescott" <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:50:29 > To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic< > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Live CD List > > > Personally, I would hand her an Ubuntu disk, because I know it would have > a good chance of making her happy, and it would require the least work on > her part to get to the point of looking at a live Linux screen. The list > looks like a great thing if you're looking for the best disk to hand her > -- but I wouldn't just send a link and leave her on her own; I'd engage in > some evangelicalism. > > I would hand her an Ubuntu disk because (a) I use Ubuntu, and I can vouch > for it being a very good distro for the recovering Windows user, (b) it > has a friendly little "install me now" button right there on the desktop, > and (c) I've used the live CD and it always works. > > The _only_ other Live CD distros I've used are Knoppix (which I like, but > is really made to _only_ be a live CD distro) and DSL (which is cute, and > worked well for me when I needed a distro I could put on a 256k USB stick, > but is _small_). So I can't call myself an expert on live CD > distributions. > > On Fri, October 2, 2009 7:19 am, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > > I'm going to offer a Live CD to a coworker who lamented having to use > > Vista. She mentioned having worked for Lucent, knew about Unix, but > > hadn't heard of BSD or Linux. Before starting this e-mail I thought I'd > > ask for recommendations on where to find a list of live cds. I continued > > that line of thought and "heard" from several of you that Google would > > be my friend. Indeed it was. I Googled and found, > > > > http://www.livecdlist.com/ > > > > Have any of you used this list? Do you know of any gotchas or > > hesitations I should be aware of before pointing my friend in this > > direction? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Dick Steffens > > www.dicksteffens.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > -- > Tim Wescott > Control systems and communications consulting > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > Land line: 503.631.7815 > Cell: 503.349.8432 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
