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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Gentoo. Watching the linker scroll by
for hours will make your dad leet over night :)<br>
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--Lincoln<br>
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On 6/20/2015 8:43 PM, Freddy Martinez wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Recently installed Ubuntu (whatever the latest version is with an animal
name in it) for my dad. Mint is a fine choice as well. I'm with Bonnie.
Freddy
On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 20:40 Bonnie King <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:misterbonnie@gmail.com"><misterbonnie@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Carl Karsten <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@nextdayvideo.com"><carl@nextdayvideo.com></a>
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<pre wrap="">I am curious why the derivatives for this case. I suspect they come at
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<pre wrap="">cost. For instance I would think Ubuntu is going to be more stable (for
whatever we think that means) than a derivative.
I seem to remember Mint being "good for older hardware because some
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I would go with Ubuntu
then pick between:
LTS so you don't have to worry about updates as often
or cutting edge and deal with dist-update every 6 months (deal= he does
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much of a problem it is.. I hardly do it and really it depends. I hear
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Peter Baumgarten <
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If it is not too late Ubuntu 14.04 MATE edition
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Drew Fustini <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pdp7pdp7@gmail.com"><pdp7pdp7@gmail.com></a>
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My dad, a home Windows user, told me he was going to have pay $80 to
renew Symantec anti-virus. This gave me the idea that I should
finally get around to migrating him to Linux! Especially since he
complains that his Windows PC keeps getting slower and slower.
I ordered this refurb Acer mini PC with Intel Atom quad-core 2.41GHz,
4GB RAM & 1TB HDD:
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I am thinking of installing the latest Ubuntu (15.04). Personally, I
run Debian on everything, but I figure Ubuntu would be easier for a
Windows convert.
1) Any other distro that folks would for a Linux newbie?
2) What's the best way to convert the Acer's pre-installed Windows 8.1
into a VM before install Linux?
thanks!
drew
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