[Discuss] best distro for Father's Day?

[Carl Karsten]

I am curious why the derivatives for this case.   I suspect they come at a
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 drivers
are no longer in the current ubuntu repo"  but then there is a huge list of
why Mint isn't a good idea.

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 it
and you deal with the side effects or you just do it.)  (don't ask me how
much of a problem it is.. I hardly do it and really it depends.  I hear in
general it is no big deal)


On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Peter Baumgarten <me at peter-baumgarten.com>
wrote:

> 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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