[Wylug-help] Which distro?

[Roger]

On 22/07/2011 14:24, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
> On 22 July 2011 10:54, Roger <roger at roger-beaumont.co.uk
> <mailto:roger at roger-beaumont.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     A friend is at last becoming disenchanted with 'Doze.
>
>     The machine in question is only used for routine tasks: browsing the
>     web; email; and 'office' work and he already uses Firefox and
>     Thunderbird, while Open Office won't be a big step in the dark.
>       Thus applications are no barrier.
>
>     The question is which distribution to go for.  The fact that he is
>     still using XP suggests he has a conservative tendency; no wish to
>     be at the bleeding cutting edge and to update his OS often.
>
> As an aside, Windows systems tend to slow down due to a build-up of
> cruft. This can often be 'fixed' by a clean reinstall.

Maybe so, but my opinion is that a clean install of Linux ought to be 
even better (not to mention being lower cost in the long run)...

What do you think?

R

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