[Discuss] best distro for Father's Day?

[Peter Baumgarten]

If it is not too late Ubuntu 14.04 MATE edition

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7pdp7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TUJUTY4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
>
> 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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