On 21 May 2011 09:55, Liam Gallear <liam.gall...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > > > Greetings! > > > > My friend had this conversation with her Dad:- > > > > Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my > computer" > > Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it" > > Dad: "Okay, will he install Linux on it for me?" > > Friend: "I'll ask." > > > > So I have sat in front of me a laptop computer:- > > > > Specs:- > > > > Dell Inspiron 6400. > > Intel Dual Core Pentium T2060 CPU at 1.6GHz > > 2GiB RAM > > 60GB Hard disk > > Intel GMA 945 video card > > DVD Read/write drive > > The usual other ports you'd expect, VGA, USBxlots, sound, SD etc. > > Media playback buttons. > > > > I agreed to wipe windows off (he doesn't care about what's on there at > > the moment) and install Ubuntu. I also agreed to a couple of hours of > > hand-holding to get him started. As far as I can tell he has no > > experience of Ubuntu or any other Linux distro. > > > > I'm currently backing up the Windows XP hard disk to an external drive > > he provided, and will start a clean install of Ubuntu later. Wondering > > what to install. 10.04 LTS or 11.04 with Unity 3D or 2D? > > > > I'm open to listen to suggestions for what to do, and what extra apps > > to install. I figured it might be useful for others. I'm keeping track > > of stuff in an etherpad document:- > > > > http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/PCForFriend > > > > I welcome discussion / suggestions either here on the list or in that > document. > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > That's pretty cool. > > I'd probably say go for 11.04, then he gets the benefits of Unity straight > away. > > If possible, though, why not dual boot the two and let the guy decide which > he wants to keep? > > Thanks and Regards, > > Liam Gallear > > I'd stick him on 11.04 with unity if it works with his hardware. Simply because now would be a good time to get used to the new interface, rather than learning old gnome then having to learn new gnome in 6 months time :) I'd leave off Unity 2D on a new persons machine as it's not officially finished yet.
-Matt Daubney
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