On 21/05/11 10:50, Matthew Daubney wrote:
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.
>
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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.
As long as you the supporting admin, are fully able to guide a novice
around it, and also set up the usual things for a novice conveniently,
user account whatever, then 11.04 will be very good. However, I find a
limitation in the process is my own availability and time, and
experience, and a user's confidence will not be improved if I myself
am not fluent in 11.04.
The next LTS will be using unity. Between now and then, a number of
changes will be made, and I for one, will also be more ready that I am
just now to support all of my friends with the then LTS. But just now,
they are all using 10.04 or 10.10
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alan cocks
Ubuntu user
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