Re: Linux distro ?
We use Softimage on CentOS 6.5 without problems where I work. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:53 AM Francisco Criado malcriad...@gmail.com wrote: Few years ago, i had to implement several Softimage licenses for a studio, and decided to go with Centos as os. In that moment the official speech from Autodesk was that they only supported RH and after a couple of meetings and deploys i could show to the reseller that it was easier to deploy Softimage and Maya under Centos rather than RH. About licensing i had a LM running on a Windows Server 2012. In comparison must say Softimage was more painful about repositories than Maya, but nothing that couldnt be resolved in a couple of hours. F. 2015-04-06 8:43 GMT-03:00 Tim Leydecker bauero...@gmx.de: One thing to be aware of when using standalone licenses is that while on windows, the license transfer utilities, deactivation of a standalone license, activation of a license and all the loggig in, out, management and such work pretty automated and reliable, this does not apply to Linux. Just recently, at a place I freelance, both Maya and Mudbox node-locked/aka standalone licenses had to move from one machine to another but that required a lot of manual back and forth with Autodesk support, tickets, proofs, etc. Personally, I´d prefer a floating license model. That doesn´t completely prevent licensing issues and is also more expensive compared to standalone stuff but once set up, it´s pretty convenient to swap a node/workstation for whatever reason. The excat reason the above stand alone stuff failed so badly with Linuc, I can´t tell you because I don´t know but one has to point out that one reason one would momentarily not want to touch exisiting (stand-alone) licenses is because nobody can really tell how Autodesk´s this year and early next year´s changes to the license system will affect pricing and such. Assuming the role of the oracle of the dark ages, it feels like the sky may fall on our heads any minute now. Either the new subscription model will result in painfully higher below the line anual per license costs or switching now to network licenses (which also costs money, even if it actually makes management easier) will cost you now just to require yet another (forceful) switch to some sort subscription, cloud based BS later. Or none of that happens and you end up seeing a license you payed a grand for now available for 10 bucks/month... Whatever happens there is hard to tell now. I have all my stuff floating now (including weeping about those several occassions of me throwing away money) and reserve myself the right to refuse any changes in the subscription models this year/next year if I don´t like them. Not everybody can do that, obviously but afaik my floating licenses are permanent while those subscription models just provide a service for a given amount of time, not a permanent license, neither stand alone nor floating... Cheers, tim Am 06.04.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Yara: Thanks for the link ! We are still using 2014 and older versions, but since we are using 2015 lic +sub I guess the license manager is the same. We are using stand alone licenses but considering changing them to network lic and setup a server for that purpose. I'm still recollecting info. Thanks, Martin On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ivan Tay ivan@autodesk.com wrote: CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Linux distro ? I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.commailto: hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are! --
Re: Linux distro ?
go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
RE: Linux distro ?
CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Linux distro ? I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.commailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are! attachment: winmail.dat
Re: Linux distro ?
Thanks for the link ! We are still using 2014 and older versions, but since we are using 2015 lic +sub I guess the license manager is the same. We are using stand alone licenses but considering changing them to network lic and setup a server for that purpose. I'm still recollecting info. Thanks, Martin On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ivan Tay ivan@autodesk.com wrote: CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Linux distro ? I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.commailto: hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Re: Linux distro ?
I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Re: Linux distro ?
One thing to be aware of when using standalone licenses is that while on windows, the license transfer utilities, deactivation of a standalone license, activation of a license and all the loggig in, out, management and such work pretty automated and reliable, this does not apply to Linux. Just recently, at a place I freelance, both Maya and Mudbox node-locked/aka standalone licenses had to move from one machine to another but that required a lot of manual back and forth with Autodesk support, tickets, proofs, etc. Personally, I´d prefer a floating license model. That doesn´t completely prevent licensing issues and is also more expensive compared to standalone stuff but once set up, it´s pretty convenient to swap a node/workstation for whatever reason. The excat reason the above stand alone stuff failed so badly with Linuc, I can´t tell you because I don´t know but one has to point out that one reason one would momentarily not want to touch exisiting (stand-alone) licenses is because nobody can really tell how Autodesk´s this year and early next year´s changes to the license system will affect pricing and such. Assuming the role of the oracle of the dark ages, it feels like the sky may fall on our heads any minute now. Either the new subscription model will result in painfully higher below the line anual per license costs or switching now to network licenses (which also costs money, even if it actually makes management easier) will cost you now just to require yet another (forceful) switch to some sort subscription, cloud based BS later. Or none of that happens and you end up seeing a license you payed a grand for now available for 10 bucks/month... Whatever happens there is hard to tell now. I have all my stuff floating now (including weeping about those several occassions of me throwing away money) and reserve myself the right to refuse any changes in the subscription models this year/next year if I don´t like them. Not everybody can do that, obviously but afaik my floating licenses are permanent while those subscription models just provide a service for a given amount of time, not a permanent license, neither stand alone nor floating... Cheers, tim Am 06.04.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Yara: Thanks for the link ! We are still using 2014 and older versions, but since we are using 2015 lic +sub I guess the license manager is the same. We are using stand alone licenses but considering changing them to network lic and setup a server for that purpose. I'm still recollecting info. Thanks, Martin On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ivan Tay ivan@autodesk.com mailto:ivan@autodesk.com wrote: CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Linux distro ? I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.com mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.commailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Re: Linux distro ?
Few years ago, i had to implement several Softimage licenses for a studio, and decided to go with Centos as os. In that moment the official speech from Autodesk was that they only supported RH and after a couple of meetings and deploys i could show to the reseller that it was easier to deploy Softimage and Maya under Centos rather than RH. About licensing i had a LM running on a Windows Server 2012. In comparison must say Softimage was more painful about repositories than Maya, but nothing that couldnt be resolved in a couple of hours. F. 2015-04-06 8:43 GMT-03:00 Tim Leydecker bauero...@gmx.de: One thing to be aware of when using standalone licenses is that while on windows, the license transfer utilities, deactivation of a standalone license, activation of a license and all the loggig in, out, management and such work pretty automated and reliable, this does not apply to Linux. Just recently, at a place I freelance, both Maya and Mudbox node-locked/aka standalone licenses had to move from one machine to another but that required a lot of manual back and forth with Autodesk support, tickets, proofs, etc. Personally, I´d prefer a floating license model. That doesn´t completely prevent licensing issues and is also more expensive compared to standalone stuff but once set up, it´s pretty convenient to swap a node/workstation for whatever reason. The excat reason the above stand alone stuff failed so badly with Linuc, I can´t tell you because I don´t know but one has to point out that one reason one would momentarily not want to touch exisiting (stand-alone) licenses is because nobody can really tell how Autodesk´s this year and early next year´s changes to the license system will affect pricing and such. Assuming the role of the oracle of the dark ages, it feels like the sky may fall on our heads any minute now. Either the new subscription model will result in painfully higher below the line anual per license costs or switching now to network licenses (which also costs money, even if it actually makes management easier) will cost you now just to require yet another (forceful) switch to some sort subscription, cloud based BS later. Or none of that happens and you end up seeing a license you payed a grand for now available for 10 bucks/month... Whatever happens there is hard to tell now. I have all my stuff floating now (including weeping about those several occassions of me throwing away money) and reserve myself the right to refuse any changes in the subscription models this year/next year if I don´t like them. Not everybody can do that, obviously but afaik my floating licenses are permanent while those subscription models just provide a service for a given amount of time, not a permanent license, neither stand alone nor floating... Cheers, tim Am 06.04.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Yara: Thanks for the link ! We are still using 2014 and older versions, but since we are using 2015 lic +sub I guess the license manager is the same. We are using stand alone licenses but considering changing them to network lic and setup a server for that purpose. I'm still recollecting info. Thanks, Martin On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ivan Tay ivan@autodesk.com wrote: CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Linux distro ? I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap option. I'll try with CentOS. Thanks. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.commailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz hk-v...@iscs-i.commailto: hk-v...@iscs-i.com wrote: Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are! --
Re: Linux distro ?
Currently serving on Centos 6.5. On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote: I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone
Linux distro ?
I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and some other services later. Thanks. Martin Sent from my iPhone
OT: good simple linux distro for laptop?
I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a suggestion. My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure linux was the way to go normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad could handle it. Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know nearly nothing about it. If not, I'm just going to boot nuke the thing and tell him to give it away and buy a new computer. Thanks, Paul ᐧ
RE: good simple linux distro for laptop?
Hi Paul its worth seeing what drivers his machine uses and doing some research as to what drivers are available. For my personal preference I really like the Mint releases, Go for the Long Term Support ones. Think the most current LTS one is version 13. From: Paul Griswold [pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com] Sent: 01 April 2014 08:54 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: OT: good simple linux distro for laptop? I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a suggestion. My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure linux was the way to go normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad could handle it. Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know nearly nothing about it. If not, I'm just going to boot nuke the thing and tell him to give it away and buy a new computer. Thanks, Paul [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3Dtype=zerocontentguid=a2adcbc8-b0d6-4152-8380-3259134f77e8]ᐧ table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Re: good simple linux distro for laptop?
I have a good portion of this islands retired population on mint15/16 (most from xp). once people get over the slight bump that passes for a learning curve (it usually amounts to panicked text messages about not having antivirus) they couldn't be happier. i'd go for the ubuntu base if possible (deb edition is a lot faster but you'll need to go with sid/testing for wifi/skype phones etc) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm On Tue, Apr 1, 2014, at 09:58 PM, Angus Davidson wrote: Hi Paul its worth seeing what drivers his machine uses and doing some research as to what drivers are available. For my personal preference I really like the Mint releases, Go for the Long Term Support ones. Think the most current LTS one is version 13. __ From: Paul Griswold [pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com] Sent: 01 April 2014 08:54 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: OT: good simple linux distro for laptop? I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a suggestion. My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure linux was the way to go normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad could handle it. Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know nearly nothing about it. If not, I'm just going to boot nuke the thing and tell him to give it away and buy a new computer. Thanks, Paul [t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3Damp;t ype=zerocontentamp;guid=a2adcbc8-b0d6-4152-8380-3259134f77e8] ᐧ This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If y ou have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and d estroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are compet ent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the Univ ersity and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, J ohannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: good simple linux distro for laptop?
and by 'this Island' i mean Zakynthos. apologies to the non-psychics out there ;) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm On Tue, Apr 1, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Jon Swindells wrote: I have a good portion of this islands retired population on mint15/16 (most from xp). once people get over the slight bump that passes for a learning curve (it usually amounts to panicked text messages about not having antivirus) they couldn't be happier. i'd go for the ubuntu base if possible (deb edition is a lot faster but you'll need to go with sid/testing for wifi/skype phones etc) This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: good simple linux distro for laptop?
Thanks! I've been reading more about Mint it might do the trick here. The laptop is a Dell Vostro running a Core 2 Duo (not sure the speed). As long as it'll run Chrome he can listen to his 1950's streaming radio station, I think he'll be in good shape. ᐧ On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote: and by 'this Island' i mean Zakynthos. apologies to the non-psychics out there ;) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm On Tue, Apr 1, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Jon Swindells wrote: I have a good portion of this islands retired population on mint15/16 (most from xp). once people get over the slight bump that passes for a learning curve (it usually amounts to panicked text messages about not having antivirus) they couldn't be happier. i'd go for the ubuntu base if possible (deb edition is a lot faster but you'll need to go with sid/testing for wifi/skype phones etc) This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: OT: good simple linux distro for laptop?
mint /thread. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com wrote: I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a suggestion. My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure linux was the way to go normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad could handle it. Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know nearly nothing about it. If not, I'm just going to boot nuke the thing and tell him to give it away and buy a new computer. Thanks, Paul ᐧ
Re: OT: good simple linux distro for laptop?
Mint is like Ubuntu with a lot of the suck removed, and, IME, better media handling out of the box by far. It's worth at least considering, and it can definitely be made a lot less twitchy and resource hungry than Ubuntu straight out of the install. If you're ok with Deb based distros (and if you're OK with Ubuntu it sounds like you would be) I can recommend it. It won't run Soft reliably, if at all, but it doesn't sound like your dad is into that ;) On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com wrote: mint /thread. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com wrote: I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a suggestion. My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure linux was the way to go normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad could handle it. Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know nearly nothing about it. If not, I'm just going to boot nuke the thing and tell him to give it away and buy a new computer. Thanks, Paul ᐧ -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
