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Krogoth wrote:Care to enlightenment me?
just brew it! wrote:Another vote for Ubuntu.
I'm kinda torn on whether to recommend 8.04 or 8.10 though. 8.10 has improvements in some areas, but 8.04 is the "long term support" release, and will receive security updates longer than 8.10 will.
I'd probably go with 8.10.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:9.04 comes out soon.
Jypster wrote:After trying Ubuntu on my parents machine for a few months $115 was the best money spent for an OEM copy of vista 32bit. The headaches where just not worth it. First the digital cam, then the camera, then the scanner, Software the friends tell them they should use etc etc. oh if all this happened at once would have just got it setup and left it but it seamed like every time I was over I was installing something or telling them "No that program will not work under Linux" which they simply could not understand.
Worth a go but I will never do it again. Least my Dad can read the help files and get things sorted himself alot easier with Windows with alot less hassle.
John59 wrote:My recommendation would be Linux Mint... the most current distribution is based upon Ubuntu 8.10 but contains a number of additions such as working Flash, DVD playback and Java support out of the box.
Jypster wrote:After trying Ubuntu on my parents machine for a few months $115 was the best money spent for an OEM copy of vista 32bit. The headaches where just not worth it. First the digital cam, then the camera, then the scanner, Software the friends tell them they should use etc etc. oh if all this happened at once would have just got it setup and left it but it seamed like every time I was over I was installing something or telling them "No that program will not work under Linux" which they simply could not understand.
astraelraen wrote:Jypster wrote:After trying Ubuntu on my parents machine for a few months $115 was the best money spent for an OEM copy of vista 32bit. The headaches where just not worth it. First the digital cam, then the camera, then the scanner, Software the friends tell them they should use etc etc. oh if all this happened at once would have just got it setup and left it but it seamed like every time I was over I was installing something or telling them "No that program will not work under Linux" which they simply could not understand.
Worth a go but I will never do it again. Least my Dad can read the help files and get things sorted himself alot easier with Windows with alot less hassle.
I've had similar experiences to this with installing Linux on a parent's machine. It's simply not worth the hassle. The 90 bucks you could spend on an OEM Windows license is like 5x the amount your time is worth talking through "linux things" with people who don't really understand "windows things."