Posted on 05/07/2021 5:22:28 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Ping for an answer to your question last week.
THIS is why Linux (a superior operating system) is not the leader and Windows is.
1) Choose a Distro.
Explain that to Grandma who just wants to turn it on and see pictures of her grandchildren.
Perhaps, but “Grandma” is not the target audience for an article like this.
I said chose a "distro", not a "bistro"!
Your mid article link is bad
You have
https://freerepublic.com/linux-starters-guide-linux-choose-distro/2/
When it should be
https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-starters-guide-linux-choose-distro/2/
Seems like you did the same thing on your last FR thread based on a Linux article from this same website.
Just install grandma’s system for her and use whatever distro you see fit. She probably wouldn’t be able to install it herself anyway.
Ubuntu. Most compatible, easiest to install & use. So simple even a Windows Admin can do it.
I do check it most times. I didn't check it this time.
oooooh - snap !
But I won't. :-) (I used to be a Windows Admin back in the early part of my career btw.)
Ubuntu, Ubuntu and Ubuntu. LOL
Ubuntu and it's variants(Oh I hate that word now) really are the best for the general public. Anything else is for complete nerds and if you try to get help, they turn into very nasty little nerds.
I've looked at all the non Ubuntu lightweight distros recently and they're all weird in some way. Linux Lite isn't half bad. Peppermint OS also. The rest are for the fore mentioned nerds.
Xubunt & Lubuntu are pretty lightweight yet main stream enough to have plenty of usage, plus, general Ubuntu support works for most things. You can type a question into duckduckgo and half the time, the answer will show in a block to the right of the general results. That block will be based on an answer from stackexchange or askubuntu
Raspian :) ....
heh—I’ve got a couple of Pis sitting on my desk, next to my laptop.
“Explain that to Grandma who just wants to turn it on and see pictures of her grandchildren.”
Grandma should just get a Mac, which is also a Unixlike operating system. Apple is excellent at limiting excess choice (including some things they should have like an affordable user-serviceable tower).
Windows is a superior gaming environment, and that’s about it. Even that is changing fast, Linux is about 75% of the way there, and even Apple is making progress. If you’re willing to do the setup, Linux is actually better for some games. With dual boot, you can use the best tool for the job.
For new users, I recommend Ubuntu as a distribution. It’s got good ease of use, allows proprietary drivers, and is fine for serious work. It’s the most popular Linux distro among software developers, and is probably the most popular overall for non-server use. Red Hat has its niche on servers by providing reliability, security and stability as value adds.
Imho the idea of “update pain” is an historical concept but not really relevant any more. Used to be you updated your computer and something that used to work stopped working or there was some dependency hell to go untangle. Nowadays I just don’t see it. Everything just works. Am on Fedora 34 at home and Ubuntu 18.04 at work. No problems to report. Upgrades are not an issue but I think articles like tbis have not caught up to this reality.
I whole heartedly agree. I just bought a mini PC and installed Ubuntu on it about a week ago. I’m hooked. When my laptop goes, I will never get a new home computer and run Windows again. For the things I run, a Celeron based mini PC on Ubuntu is running about as fast as my i7 on Windows 10. The Mini PC I bought was only about $220 and has more connectivity options than my laptop.
I am currently finding Linux alternatives to everything I do on Windows. I am very close to succeeding. Some of the Linux alternatives are considerably faster than my original Windows programs.
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