[TriLUG] Linux for the home user

[Matt Pusateri]

Jason,

First I would like you to pass on to said employer that we do  
appreciate the Trilug discount they give members :)

Secondly, Ubuntu seems to be one of the best of things just working  
out of the box.  Oh, here's a restricted driver for your wireless  
would you like to use it? Sure, wow, wireless works :)   Now the state  
of wireless is much better than it used to be, but it is an example of  
not having to jump through hoops b/c of a binary blob.  I don't know  
of anything that's entirely newbie friendly.  One question I have is  
will $work allow you to spend your down time at work testing floor  
machines for linux compatability.  then you can say these two machines  
would be good choices if you want to run linux, but this machine over  
here, not so much; unless your linux savy.


Matt P.




On Jan 23, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Jason S. Evans wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'm currently working for a retail store as a PC Technician and while
> I'm not shy about suggesting Linux for the tech savvy users who come  
> in
> looking to build servers, I find myself hesitant to bring it up at all
> for the regular user who just wants to surf, listen to music, and  
> maybe
> run Quicken.
>
> Is there a distro or maybe a Ubuntu-derivative that is really good for
> the newbie user?  What I'm thinking is a distro that has lots of
> tutorials on how to use the software that won't take 8 hours of
> one-on-one instruction to fall into.  Is there one like that, would  
> you
> suggest that someone try an Ubuntu live CD or some other live CD?   
> Just
> trying to pick your collective noggins.
>
> Finally, and I'm cringe while writing this, but are there any  
> tentative
> plans for an installfest in the near future?  If so, I would love to
> advertise one to my more adventuring customers who want to try Linux  
> on
> an older machine or in a Virtualbox session.  Thanks
>
> Jason
> KI4GMX
>
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