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Good Linux Distributions for Newbies
I will be setting up a computer for people who have very little experience using computers and I want to limit their ability to break things. I'm thinking Linux is the way to go but I don't know what distribution to use. I don't know anything about their hardware other than it is an old laptop. I don't have a lot of experience with Linux, but I would think that without sudo
there is not a lot of things you can break.
- What would be a good Linux dist that has everything out of the box? (flash, vnc, office, etc)
- How should I set up the user account to avoid giving them too much power, yet still allowing the computer to be useable for daily tasks? (Will they be able to update software?)
- I also want to be able to control the machine remotely since I won't have physical access after I set it up, so I am looking into ssh, vnc, (or a better alternative?). Any suggestions, tips in that area would be helpful.
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– Let_Me_Be – 2011-07-30T20:02:37.440"I will be setting up a computer for people who have very little experience using computers ...I'm thinking Linux is the way to go" That is extremely cruel. For one thing their computer is going to be different from every other "computer illiterate" person they might speak to, since the rest would use Windows. – barlop – 2011-07-30T20:11:00.060
@barlop Some may say it is cruel to make a person use Windows. – styfle – 2011-07-30T21:11:13.600
@styfle i'd put it to you that most people fixing computers are windows users, and experienced at it, have seen linux and are more comfortable with windows, and better at fixing windows. I don't think they're being cruel to themselves by using windows, they're comfortable and in charge themselves! Anyhow, I gave a reason why it's cruel to install linux on the computer of a computer-illiterate person. – barlop – 2011-07-30T21:27:11.230
1@barlop Show me someone who can actually fix Windows. The official "fix" for 99% of Windows problems is reinstall. – Let_Me_Be – 2011-07-30T22:19:50.090