Lots of other people have recommended Ubuntu and that's what I use and love it. One note however is that people coming from Windows are quickly frustrated with Linux because some of the Free but not OSS software is not installed by default. This is easily remedied by running a simple command at the terminal window: "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" This gets you Flash, MP3, TrueType and more.
If you are looking at more than one distribution then you may also want to look at "Linux Mint". It is built on the Ubuntu distribution but has many of these free pieces of software already installed. I've got my sister and parents running Ubuntu. Neither are technical at all and they love it. No problems at all. Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > Ok, I've been threatening to do this for years, but for various reasons i > never did it. > > my acer aspire 5670 laptop has been crashing lately, giving me a blue screen > when it does. > > took the restore cd a few minutes ago and attempted a restore and apparently > the cd is bad, so I now find myself with a dead machine and not a legal copy > of windows in the house. > > Question is: > > What version of linux do I want to install so I can play in Ed's sandbox > with dabo, python, etc..? > > Thanks, > > Virgil Bierschwale > http://www.VetsFIndingVets.org <http://www.vetsfindingvets.org/> > http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com <http://www.keepamericaatwork.com/> > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
