[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 464, Issue 1

[Brian Reay]

Unless you don't like your folks, why would you inflict Unity on them?

Why not something more like XP, which they know? Perhaps Mint with 
Cinnamon. I know it has its critics but for someone used to XP, it is 
probably an easier transition. To my shame, I have to admit my wife uses 
Windows but, while on holiday, she needed to use my Linux machine. She 
was able to figure out the basics in a couple of minutes to access the 
applications she needed etc. She is bright but not a computer geek type. 
That was Cinnamon on Ubuntu.

I've not tried LUBUNTU but I think UBUNTU has lost its way and, while I 
still have it on some of my machines, I'm also running MINT on a couple, 
which I will probably switch over to.

(I know MINT is UBUNTU based but the user interface is much better and 
there is much less fiddling post install to get things 'right' I find.)

Brian




On 22/09/14 16:21, Michael Sinclair wrote:
> Yes, I am going to be visiting my folks soon and I will be trying to 
> switch them off XP to Linux.  I was thinking of using Lubuntu but one 
> of your posts suggested acceptance with Unity, so I might try that.  
> But I did have difficulty getting them to switch from MS Office to 
> Libre or Open Office... So we'll see!  They just use the email, 
> internet, skype ad the occasional document.  The same as many people 
> at home.  For this a tablet will usually suffice.  I think as more and 
> more households drop desktops and even laptops for tablets and 
> external or NAS type storage Linux will become a more enterprise 
> solution.
>
> Michael
>
> On 22/09/14 15:24, Gavin Coles wrote:
>> The way to get people in to Linux is a long term issue, the best way for
>> my own experience to start with software that has cross platform
>> availability.  So Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice and like. Once you
>> can show that everything they need for their day to day use is available
>> on another platform they they are more willing to try dropping Windows.
>>
>> On 22/09/14 15:15, kent-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
>>> Don't forget the issue of the average user (employee). They will almost
>>> certainly use Windows Applications at home, or have come from employers
>>> which use them, or educational establishments which taught them.
>
>
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