[Discuss] best distro for Father's Day?

[Bonnie King]

mint

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at nextdayvideo.com> wrote:
> 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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