On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 17:53, Gordon Scott via Hampshire <
hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> I'm soon to give a talk to my local U3A computer interest group
> (Beginners and intermediates) on Linux, for which I'll likely use main
> subjects "Why Linux?", "Why Not Linux?" and "Getting started
Hi,
Depends a little on their target hardware. If you've got the GHz and
GBytes for a fast/simple/complete install I use Linux Mint. Ubuntu
based but not so fussy about the purity of drivers etc, as long as
things just work straight out of the box.
If resources are a little tighter then my defa
To me the best Distro for a newbie is the Distro with the best support,
While I use Debian, I would not recommend it to a newbie, I would
suggest Xubuntu, because of it is a very simple interface. There is also
MX Linux, they are based Debian stable, with XFCE and a very good
community forum.
Hi guys,
I'm soon to give a talk to my local U3A computer interest group
(Beginners and intermediates) on Linux, for which I'll likely use main
subjects "Why Linux?", "Why Not Linux?" and "Getting started with Linux".
I'm probably fine with the first two, but I tend to stick with just two
d
Hi Gordon,
> I'm soon to give a talk to my local U3A computer interest group
> (Beginners and intermediates) on Linux, for which I'll likely use main
> subjects "Why Linux?", "Why Not Linux?" and "Getting started with Linux".
Have fun and good luck!
> I'm probably fine with the first two, but
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 22:15, Philip Stubbs via Hampshire <
hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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> On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 17:53, Gordon Scott via Hampshire <
> hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm soon to give a talk to my local U3A computer interest group
>> (Beginners and intermediate
