[lug] Linux for New User (Desktop OS)

[Glenn Murray]

Plus one for Kubuntu.  I tried Mint and Mate a year ago, but I felt like I
was regressing.  I would consider Netrunner:
http://www.netrunner-os.com/netrunner-14-rc1-available/  (I have a KDE
aesthetic, I guess).

Cheers,
Glenn



On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Dan Ferris <dan at usrsbin.com> wrote:

>  Here's my shout out for Kubuntu.  I've been using it exclusively now for
> almost 6 months and it's pretty great.  The upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 was
> flawless (something that's never happened to me before).
>
> KDE will feel the most familiar to you if you are used to Windows, but you
> can customize it easily to be exactly how you like.
>
> I usually recommend to people that they avoid Unity.  Unity is the WIndows
> 8 of the Linux world.
>
> Dan
>
>
>  On 05/23/2014 10:15 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
>
>  I was just wondering which Linux you all would recommend for a newbie
> user (read Windows convert)?
>  I have narrow it down to one of the following....
> 1) Mint 16 (I know 17 just came out)
>  2) Ubuntu
>  3) openSUSE
>  4) Debian (or is this server mainly)
>  BTW these are not the order I am looking at but Mint is the one I am
> leaning towards
>
>  Thank you
> Tom
>
>
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