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My parents use linux mint, which has a familiar feeling desktop (cinnamon) if you come from the windows world. It has a big enough user base in it's own right,
by kragniz 11y ago
My parents use linux mint, which has a familiar feeling desktop (cinnamon) if you come from the windows world. It has a big enough user base in it's own right, and being an ubuntu (and derivatively debian) based distro, it's easy to find help on issues.
- escherplex 11y agoaside: a useful accessory for a mixed OS environment where a not-overly-tech-savvy couple want the ability to transfer files between Linux Mint and Win machines via a router live is an app called Dukto URL: http://www.msec.it/blog/ http://www.msec.it/blog/ heaven forbid the neighbor typing a to-do list on a linux laptop by the pool would have to physically get up and show the list to her mate who's web surfing on Win8 in the air conditioned den :-) And a lite samba server would not have been a good solution in this setup. Dukto transfer rate appeared to hover around 25MB/s.
- pablo-massa 11y agoI will check Linux Mint too. OMG so many options to evaluate. Remembers me the Guardian's article Why too much choice is stressing us out http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/21/choice-stressing-us-out-dating-partners-monopolies http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/21/choice-s...