<div dir="ltr">ElementaryOS is apparently a good intro for beginners, see <a href="https://elementary.io/">https://elementary.io/</a><div>I have not tried it yet, I use Debian stable.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><br><br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br> Roger Federer Fanatic Extraordinaire :-)</div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:19 AM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Agreed -- back in November 2016 when I decided to try this Linux thing my only visibility into Linux was a Live Ubuntu 10.04 cd that I booted, stared uncomprehendingly at for a few minutes and went back to my Windows XP. That was 8 years ago. Flash forward to late 2016 where I tossed distro after distro, at least 40 onto 3 low-cost laptops to see which one(s) fitted my sensibilities. It was a HUGE learning opportunity for me, not just from a for and fit standpoint, but something of the innards of the Linux communities online.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I settled on Mint 18.2 where *nothing* is broken and OpenSUSE 42.3.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Not sure if it's me and my very limited knowledge, but I have a number of frustrations with anything based off Ubuntu 18.04, seems like the early point releases of Debian 9-based distros and distros built on Ubuntu 16.04.1/.2/.3 have fared well for me. Fedora made me cry, too many barriers to entry for me,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">So, as a 22-monto noob, I would highly recommended Mint 18.2 preferably with Xfce. Cinnamon is quite appealing too and would be an excellent desktop if he has a laptop/desktop from a recent vintage.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_1543875520191851190gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:53 PM, William Park via kwlug-disc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think the best way to start learning Ubuntu (and Linux) is by using<br>
it. Pick a task he would do in Windows, and try doing that in Linux.<br>
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William Park <<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>><br>
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:01:32PM -0400, Daniel Allen wrote:<br>
> Hi folks. I have a friend who is moving to Sault Ste Marie (to start at<br>
> Algoma) in a few weeks. He's also just now deciding he'd like to switch<br>
> from Windows to Ubuntu. There doesn't seem to be any LUG in the Sault. But<br>
> does anybody happen to know any LUG-type people up there?<br>
> I'm not sure what to advise him about starting with Ubuntu- he might be<br>
> able to get himself up and running ubuntu himself, but it'd be easier with<br>
> some community...<br>
> Thanks for any contacts I can pass along.<br>
> -Daniel<br>
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