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A desktop based on Cent OS or Scientific Linux springs to mind. Support measured in semi-decades... should see your hardware (and possibly users) out. Now, Sir
by keithpeter 15y ago
A desktop based on Cent OS or Scientific Linux springs to mind. Support measured in semi-decades... should see your hardware (and possibly users) out.
Now, Sir, Just what do you call 'older'?
- andyking 15y agoIsn't CentOS more designed for servers? I'm not sure. I've considered Debian Squeeze, but it's one of those things I've never got round to looking at in enough depth. Our older users are in their 60s and 70s. We're a non profit radio station and several of our volunteers have never used a computer before, or have had only a passing involvement with them.
- keithpeter 15y agoCentOS claims to be a clone of RHEL. There is a desktop install package that puts Gnome with the usual (firefox, openoffice, evolution). There would be some post installation fiddling with different repositories to get any sound software you need working. Scientific Linux is another distribution based on RHEL but which changes the binary packages more. Again, repositories and some twiddling. What sound software do you use? Does it involve Jack?
- keithpeter 15y agohttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1854333 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1854333 Looks like you may be able to keep Ubuntu with a current release and configure Gnome Fallback, looking like Gnome 2 to your users. (Apologies for multiposting - just saw this)