Cheese.... I am going to take a stick to the spell checker, I think this machine got infected by the cellphone... .... Put that one on here should be Put that one on her. .... apr should be APT...
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I tried the latest Ubuntu the other day and was not really happy > with it. It seemed too rigid to me. > > I run XFCe and I use compiz for the window manager. But I do not think I > want to try to put that one > on here. I have run Mate in the past and only stopped when they last rev > came out and they dropped > Compiz, but I am tempted to go down that road.. > > Yes, I do disable them, I will ssh into the machine and do the apr thing. > > I am looking for something that she will find easy to use, she does not > have any Windows baggage to > deal with so as long as she can do what she needs that will be fine. She > does have this digital signature > dongle she has to plug in to sign documents. I hope that is not tied to > windows. > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM King Beowulf <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM, Russell Senior <[ >> [email protected]](mailto:On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM, >> Russell Senior <<a href=)> wrote: >> >> > My first question is: what distribution do you use? >> >> Important point. >> >> > Since you are >> > going to be her primary technical support, unless you use some >> > completely nutso distribution (slackware? lol), >> >> Nutso!? You WOUND me, sir! I would demand satisfaction, my good man, if >> this weren’t also a fair point. >> >> > I would pick what >> > *you* know best, so her questions will have ready >> >> I also suggest to disable any automatic updates, especially kernel, as >> this is where most “easy” distros go wrong. This applies to any OS. Also, >> avoid any “rolling release” types. >> >> > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Good day folks and happy new year... >> >> I am about to install linux on a computer for my wife. It will be a >> >> Framework 13. Now the fun part. >> >> My wife has been a real luddite, but he smartphone has slowly showed >> her >> >> that she needs to have >> >> a real computer for daily work. She wanted something small and light I >> >> showed her the Framework 13 I have, she wants one. >> >> >> >> So my question is what distro should I put on this thing that will be >> easy >> >> for a very non-computer person to use. >> >> >> >> I am not with her all the time. She is in Costa Rica as executor of her >> >> father's estate, I go down >> >> there when I can to help, and we are also starting a new business which >> >> entails export from >> >> Costa Rica to USA. So she does need a computer (I have been telling her >> >> that now for many >> >> years). >> >> >> >> So what distro would be best for her to start out with? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- >> >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. >> >> Ph 4:13 KJV >> >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. >> >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > >
