Hi, my suggestion would be Mint 13 MATE (LTS), simple, intuitive and if any problems you can still follow some solutions for ubuntu and debian. Transmission comes preinstalled but you may prefer to use qBittorrent instead.
I did managed to convert 6 or 7 Windows machines to Mint and everyone seams to be happy (or they simply don't want to see me any more ;) ) To me, MATE windows manager is most similar to WinXP and Vista so people fill safe and comfortable using it. have a look here: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia_whatsnew.php#mate Bart 2012/12/10 Phil Meakins <p...@your.it> > Yes its still debian, all references have been removed (12.10 opps not > LTS my bad!!). Older versions of ubuntu like everything it takes time to > iron the ussues. but - once bitten - twice shy. Yes agreed Nvidia still > needs installing post install. on my own laptop I elected to go Kubuntu as > I dont like Unity work a treat - did have some issues with resolution but a > quick mess with Xorg.conf sorted that. > > I do see Mint ontop these days, but thats from an enthusiasts point of > view - move to/from a distro to other is easy enough. I would still stick > with Ubuntu, the advantage is the huge forum and the community as extremely > helpful, fedora is a stable platform but always found compiling extras a > problem, libraries missing. But if you want a desktop to play with then > this would suit as well. > > Like the old MickySoft and UNIX sage - we hate windows, so does the distro > argument, not every distro is right for the job and some are just pants, > but for the most part Debian flavours and Rehdat you cant go wrong. At the > end of the day theres a time consuming test - get the live distro and see > if your hardware is picked up and you can configure it - if you can then > you have your answer which to go for. > > Enjoy. > > Phil > > > > On 10/12/2012 15:15, David Aizenberg wrote: > > I use Arch linux, and have mint on netbook. > Mint with its cinnamon seems a LOT more adequate than this unity thing > (Yes, i don't like unity). > > By the way, ubuntu is not debian squeeze anymore. > It has too many canonical patches and edits. > For some weird bug, whenever i try ubuntu, the only way to install video > driver(nvidia) is the .run file from website. > if i use built in tool to install driver, ubuntu just fails to start. > > My personal experience with ubuntu after 8.10 is awful, too much BS > happened. > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Ben McRae <bmc...@me.com> wrote: > >> I use KDE personally, but having used both Gnome and Unity (Unity being a >> Gnome stack), it's quite intuitive to new users, and has a large community >> for support (I know other distros do too). >> >> Ubuntu 12.04 is the LTS, not 12.10. >> >> Haven't tried mint :( >> >> Ben >> >> David Aizenberg <pixelsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> From personal experience, ubuntu is big pile o' crap :( >> >> Never worked good on neither of my computers. >> Fedora is oriented at new users too, and it comes with gnome 3 instead of >> that 'unity'; >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Ben McRae <bmc...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> For beginners, good suggestion would be Ubuntu, comes with transmission. >>> >>> Ben >>> >>> >>> gary smith <gazwebdes...@msn.com> wrote: >>> Iam trying to introduce my friends son linux he does a lot of >>> downloading can anyone suggest a linux disitro that has software for p2p, >>> torrent file downloads >>> many thanks in advance >>> Gary >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Peterboro mailing list >>> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> David Aizenberg >> about.me/PixelShuck >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Peterboro mailing list >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> > > > > -- > Sincerely, > David Aizenberg > about.me/PixelShuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing > listpeterb...@mailman.lug.org.ukhttps://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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