> > Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing > > as you said, "word processing and email" Ubuntu really sticks out as a > > green light, mainly because of how suitable it is for that, not all pc's > > are for the power user *cough Slackware *cough* and it's nice to see > > someone that is finding Ubuntu a comfortable distro to use. > >
I recently tested Linux Mint (basically Ubuntu with gnome-main-menu and all the codecs preinstalled) on a non-techie user (my other half in fact). She preferred it to Ubuntu because the 'start menu' was located in the bottom left where she expected it to be; and that by having only one panel, the interfaces took up less screen real estate (which is important on her old 1024x768 laptop display. I preferred it as I didn't have to worry about installing realplayer, java etc before handing it over. All that put me off was that I don't know anything about the maintainers. Although in Mint's defence, at least it uses Ubuntu repositories for the good majority of stuff (other than a couple of native Linux mint progs, and artwork) so if Linux Mint goes pear shaped, it'll still receive updates! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
