Mint is like Ubuntu with a lot of the suck removed, and, IME, better media handling out of the box by far. It's worth at least considering, and it can definitely be made a lot less twitchy and resource hungry than Ubuntu straight out of the install. If you're ok with Deb based distros (and if you're OK with Ubuntu it sounds like you would be) I can recommend it. It won't run Soft reliably, if at all, but it doesn't sound like your dad is into that ;)
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Ognjen Vukovic <ognj...@gmail.com> wrote: > mint /thread. > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Paul Griswold < > pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > >> I figure there are some linux fans here, so hopefully someone has a >> suggestion. >> >> My 70+ year old dad has a very old laptop that's still running XP. It's >> not worth paying money to update, but he still wants to use it. I figure >> linux was the way to go & normally would go right to Ubuntu. But I know a >> few years back they started their Unity front end and I don't think my dad >> could handle it. >> >> Is there something super-easy that a completely non-tech savvy older >> person could use? I've heard some decent things about Mint, but know >> nearly nothing about it. >> >> If not, I'm just going to boot & nuke the thing and tell him to give it >> away and buy a new computer. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul >> >> ᐧ >> > > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
