On 10/23/2014 12:37 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/23/2014 11:35 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: >> On 10/23/2014 11:55 AM, Steven Rosenberg wrote: >>> There are i586 Skype packages for CentOS 7 in the Nux repo: >>> http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/skype-4.2.0.13-1.R.i586.rpm >>> andhttp://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/skype-4.3.0.37-2.R.i586.rpm >> >> They provide the 32-bit libraries that Skype requires. This will only help Skype run. You will have trouble getting other proprietary apps to run so do not use this as a "well, 32-bit apps will work" excuse. >> >>> I'm assuming there are 32-bit libraries for RHEL/CentOS, just like in Fedora. >> >> There is no 32-bit environment. This is a feature of RHEL 7. >> >> https://access.redhat.com/solutions/509373 >> >> Do you need additional proof? >> > The primary apps she will need on a linux installation are a high quality (and full functionality) > of a pdf reader/creator. That will/might have to be a non-free (money-wise) item. > Other than that, either libreofficeor openoffice plus Firefox will be all she needs. > VLC and SMPLAYER will also be required, along with a decent photo gallery viewer > where she can vie the photos in auto-sequencing style or manually click on "next". > > That's really about it. >
My wife has similar needs. She's intelligent enough, but patently uninterested in delving into the playground that operating systems are for me. For many years now - and this should not be a surprising answer to a question on a Fedora list - she has been using Fedora. At first, there were a lot of "How do I do this thing I don't already know how to do" questions. I had to set up the machine with flash and rpmfusion codecs for her. With that out of the way, 'support requests' are rare; it just works. You should expect some form of learning curve when moving between *any two operating systems* - Windows to Windows, distro to distro, DE to DE, things are not exactly the same. Don't promise that they will be the same. Familiarity has two states: known and unknown. Don't think that because KDE looks kind of like XP before you start using it, and $distro uses KDE for their default image, that $distro is the best choice for your user. Major desktop enviroments provide fairly streamlined ways to perform common tasks; any thing more complex and you, as the linux evangelist in the situation, will be responsible for providing assistance. So I suggest you choose the distribution that you are most comfortable with, the one that you feel will provide the best support for *you* to support her. Let her choose her own desktop environment; that's part of what makes Linux fun. -- -- Pete Travis - Fedora Docs Project Leader - 'randomuser' on freenode - immanet...@fedoraproject.org
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