On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM, Russell Senior <[[email protected]](mailto:On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM, Russell Senior <<a href=)> wrote:
> My first question is: what distribution do you use? Important point. > Since you are > going to be her primary technical support, unless you use some > completely nutso distribution (slackware? lol), Nutso!? You WOUND me, sir! I would demand satisfaction, my good man, if this weren’t also a fair point. > I would pick what > *you* know best, so her questions will have ready I also suggest to disable any automatic updates, especially kernel, as this is where most “easy” distros go wrong. This applies to any OS. Also, avoid any “rolling release” types. > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Good day folks and happy new year... >> I am about to install linux on a computer for my wife. It will be a >> Framework 13. Now the fun part. >> My wife has been a real luddite, but he smartphone has slowly showed her >> that she needs to have >> a real computer for daily work. She wanted something small and light I >> showed her the Framework 13 I have, she wants one. >> >> So my question is what distro should I put on this thing that will be easy >> for a very non-computer person to use. >> >> I am not with her all the time. She is in Costa Rica as executor of her >> father's estate, I go down >> there when I can to help, and we are also starting a new business which >> entails export from >> Costa Rica to USA. So she does need a computer (I have been telling her >> that now for many >> years). >> >> So what distro would be best for her to start out with? >> >> -- >> >> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. >> Ph 4:13 KJV >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
