"Jacques B." <jjrboucher@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 4/15/06, Leon <sdl.web@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Zubin Bharucha <z.bharucha@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Leon wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> Lately, I have been bringing my laptop to work in my office in a >> >> Univ. My colleagues are amazed how pretty the os is (I use the default >> >> theme). I have shown them some of the greatest features of linux like >> >> the security issue and the vast of free software that do a better job >> >> than its windows counterpart. >> >> >> >> They are interested and want me to help them install linux to their >> >> laptop too. From my experience with FC5 since test1, I am not very >> >> confident. FC5 is great for experienced people who can fix some minor >> >> bugs but it doesn't seems to be a distribution to new users. I would >> >> now recommend them to use SuSE linux but would be good to hear your >> >> opinions. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> > >> > FC5 is awesome. What better way to learn to use Linux than fixing a >> > few bugs every now and then? :D >> > -Zubin >> >> True. That's the very reason I like linux. However most of the users >> just want things to work out of box. >> >> -- >> Leon >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> > What will they be using it for? That can impact which distro will > provide the smoothest transition. Surfing the web? E-mail? Office > Suite? burning CDs & playing MP3s? accessing NTFS volume? Video > editing? Programming? etc. I'm not knowledgeable enough to recommend > the best solution. But even those who are will be able to provide the > best advice if they know what the end user needs out of a distro, and > what is not important to them. Some distros provide better tools out > of the box so to speak for specific applications than others. > > Jacques B. Daily tasks: email, word processing, web surfing etc. Entertainment: iTunes, video, mp3 etc. However all of these tasks can easily done using any modern linux distribution. The most important issue for a laptop user is suspend to ram/disk. I found FC5 can't do this reliably. This indicates they might lose unsaved data particularly for users spoiled by windows. -- Leon
