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Re: [LUG] best distro for a small business laptop

 

>> Easiest question ever: Debian (stable version).
>> Load up a desktop that won't terrify a normal user, so probably Mate or Cinnamon 
>> - Gnome3/KDE will rapidly scare off most non-experts.

Yep, agree with that... Debian + Mate

Primarily you need a GUI which doesn't get in the way / confuse

The main issue with other distros I've found (inc. those built on Debian) is the 
release schedule - Debian's nice and slow, other "LTS" distros are good, because by 
the time it's throwing up "I'm out of date" errors, the device is usually due a 
"tune-up" anyway (by that, I don't mean Windows slow-down, I mean, getting the end 
user to ditch a pile of files they don't need, perhaps even doing a backup!)

I'm toying with Arch at home (for MythTV) purely because of its rolling release, so 
I always have something up-to-date - but I wouldn't suggest that for an "office" 
user.

>From the other point of view (sorry for the hijack) - the office "server". Has 
>anyone got any experience with Zentyal?

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