On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 08:15 +0000, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:18 PM, John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: >> > Richard Owlett writes: >> >> >> >> Is there any reason that a Ubuntu version Mint would be any more >> >> suitable than a custom install of Debian >> > >> > No. >> >> Yes, ease of installation. > > pro Ubuntu, con Debian > > As mentioned before, *buntu repositories provide collections of > educational software that is sorted regarding to the age of the > children. The same software likely is available for Debian too, but I > don't know if there are meta packages available too, build with the > knowledge of teachers, to fit to children of different ages. > > pro Debian, con Ubuntu > > Since the OP will use it for donated computers, it might be important, > that Debians packages are compiled to run on older CPUs.
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