[TriLUG] Good teaching distro?

[Paul Bennett]

My wife has asked me to teach her Linux. Famous last words, I'm sure, but  
I think this has the potential to go okay.

She knows one end of a mouse from the other, but is not too comfortable  
with the ol' command line stuff (yet).

She has experienced Ubuntu without screaming or crying (but not without  
frustration), but I'm wondering whether there might not be some  
more-useful distro out there for practical teaching purposes.

Leading the "like Ubuntu only better" pack is probably Mint. Leading the  
"you can really get your fingers dirty if you want to" pack is Sabayon.  
Leading the "plausibly useful if she wants to take steps towards  
certification" pack might be CentOS. Other distros are flapping around my  
head, trying to roost, but I can't quite get my thoughts together enough.

So...

Please recommend a distro for me to teach her, assuming we want to start  
slow, but have plenty of opportunity to grow into the gory details.




Thanks,



-- 
Paul