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Umm, sorry for top posting. I *strongly suggest you first of all dual boot with an External USB memory stick* of say 32 GB size. Put GRUB2 on memory stick, do not interfere with the Windows 10 set up, probably Windows 10 Home and thus updates are automatic. I use Xubuntu 18.04 for learners , like Mint it shows a screen like Windows. Set for only to use LTS versions so no 6 monthly or 1 year major changes. It is a matter of taste. Xubuntu can work with 1GB RAM, but 2 GB better. I partition USB stick with "/" as 12 Gb, then SWAP 2Gb, then "/home" for balance of stick say 17~18GB I have put about 10 folk onto this system with laptops from Vista age. If USB stick in machine it is Linux, if no USB stick in when start up it is a normal Windows machine, and easily gets updates. (One of the major problems of dual booting). Regards Eion MacDonald On 18/02/2019 08:05, Andy Wills wrote: > Thanks Paul, good advice. > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 09:29:16PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote: >> >> On 17/02/2019 21:07, Andy Wills wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> It's almost Plymouth LUG time again. Usual time and place (Sat 24th, 12, Moments >>> Café, Plymouth). Perhaps a quick 'hands up' on the list if you're coming? >>> >>> One of the women working at the café says she might bring in her old laptop to >>> try out Linux. Quite an old laptop with Windows 10, so really slow. Any thoughts >>> on a good noob distro for a non-techie with a Windows background? >>> >>> My default is Ubuntu 18.04 for this kind of thing, but perhaps someone might >>> want to argue for Mint? Or something else? >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Andy >>> >> >> Mint is good as it looks a little like windows in terms of the menu. >> >> However I would go with which ever you feel most comfortable supporting. >> >> Maybe worth inviting her to join the lug list too, that way we can all >> provide some degree of support (answering questions at least) and any >> practical support can be undertaken at Lug meets. >> >> First step is to id the hardware, then perhaps dual boot to begin with. >> >> Paul >> >> >> -- >> Paul Sutton >> http://www.zleap.net >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ >> Twitter : @zleap2018 >> gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq