[Discuss] best distro for Father's Day?

[Lincoln Bryant]

Gentoo. Watching the linker scroll by for hours will make your dad leet 
over night :)

--Lincoln

On 6/20/2015 8:43 PM, Freddy Martinez wrote:
> 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 <misterbonnie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> Bonnie King
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