[SWLUG] distro for a non-technical friend

[Jon Reynolds]

I would recommend Ubuntu too. I am fairly new to Linux and have found Ubuntu very straightforward to use.

It installs really easily and is geared towards people who are more
comfortable using GUI stuff (most non-tech savvy people). I just
installed it on an Advent netbook, and a Dell Inspirion (both using the
installer partition manager to resize windows for dual boot (not for my
benefit) ) and it just works flawlessly. Of course not always will it be
this straight forward but if you are tech savvy it will be fine.

Also Ubuntu  has a huge following, so there is plenty of help at hand;

On IRC, freenode network, #Ubuntu-uk, #ubuntu #ubuntu-server
ubuntuforums.org is the main support forums, very active.

Its extremely easy to make a  bootable LiveCD or LiveUSB (I carry a LiveUSB with me...helped me choose my netbook)
So give it a go.

Jon

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 10:20:46PM +0100, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> Ar Mer, Gor 01 2009, 21:26:00 +0100, ysgrifennodd David Scourfield:
> > Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I read about PCLinuxOS in a recent 
> > LXF which recommended it as a good starter distro.  I've only ever used 
> > Debian myself (for about 3-4 years) and, apart from the rare use of the 
> > Fedora machines in uni, have no experience of any other distro so I 
> > guess I would probably be most comfortable with Ubuntu?
> 
> Probably. It's also currently very popular, so there are plenty of
> other people to ask about it. 
> 
> Telsa
> 
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