[TriLUG] Easy Distro

[John Broome]

On 6/22/05, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am giving a computer to a person who really doesn't have the money
> to buy their own.  It's a fairly decent, but older box.  It has a
> Celeron 1.8G processor, a 75GB drive, and about 512MB of RAM.  This

That's a pretty decent box, nice.

> own.  I figured I would put Linux & Open Office on the box so my
> question is this:  In everyone's humble opinion, what is the absolute
> best distro for a true entry level user?  I personally use Mandrake
> which seems pretty easy to me, but I've never used anything else
> except Red Hat before the RHEL/FC split.


I have been converted to the Debian Way so i'd suggest Kubuntu.  KDE
will be more familiar to a windows user, and it's extra easy to set up
and manage.