On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:22:25 -0700, Keith Keller wrote:

> On 2007-08-13, mikey coons <rukidding@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking to learning Slackware, but alas, my friends and family cannot.
>> Therefore, I'm wondering if there is a Slack spinoff worth using and which
>> one?
>>
>> All computers will just be doing the basic stuff: surfing, e-mail, burning,
>> office stuff, etc.
>> It would be good if I could set up the remote boxes and not have to tinker
>> with them after set-up.
>>
>> Would a newbie derivative be suitable for this, or a full blown Slackware
>> install?
>
> A full Slackware install comes with KDE and Koffice, and OpenOffice is
> easy to install, too. Keep in mind that if you're the admin, your
> family doesn't have to know what they're doing--if they have a problem,
> they tell you, and you get to fix it. ;-) I would definitely suggest a
> gradual introduction for them--first, set up a box for yourself and use
> it regularly; when you're confident that you can answer most of your
> users' questions easily, set up another box for them, but keep a Windows
> box available (as a dual-boot, or as a separate machine) in case they
> get frustrated. Eventually you should be able to replace your Windows
> installs with Slackware if that's your goal, but you don't even need to
> go whole-hog if your family really needs Windows for one or two apps
> that simply don't run on linux (some games, for example).
>
> Another person suggested Ubuntu, which is Debian based. Ubuntu is
> definitely okay as well, and would be a good suggestion for someone not
> really looking to learn anything about linux, someone just wanting to
> escape Windows. But Slackware is certainly a viable alternative
> (especially if you don't want to have to fight your package manager every
> so often) if you'd rather go that route. And if you're the admin, your
> users won't care about the difference, anyway.

Agreed. I had noticed that he mentioned 'family and friends'. If some of
the friends are more casual and not ones you visit on a daily basis, it
might be easier for them to handle ubuntu.


>
> --keith