Ubuntu (or Kubuntu if you are a KDE person) fits the bill here.<br><br>I can't remember if Firefox is installed by default or not, but it is easily installed from the repos. Browse to Youtube, and it will prompt you to install Flash.<br>
<br>If you go the KDE route, then you can use Kopete for instant messaging.<br><br>Open Office is included.<br><br>For mail, it depends on what they are used to. If they want to use Hotmail/Yahoo Mail/Gmail, then the browser will suffice. Otherwise, there is Kmail which is a very good mail client.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Insurance Squared Inc. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcooke@insurancesquared.com">gcooke@insurancesquared.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm starting to build a desktop machine for my mother, followed shortly by one for my sister. Neither are computer literate, this is an email/web home machine basically.<br>
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Any thoughts on how to build this machine? i.e. I would naturally install Mandriva with KDE because that's what I'm used to. Any push to another distro or desktop? Any must have apps other than what's typically installed with a regular distro?<br>
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