Mandrake disappointment 1742
I agree - but it seems to be hard to find a good version (distro) that I can be confident to point my students clients to. Of course some may have differing needs, but for the most part they want to use their computers for the "basics" - e-mail, web, word processing, and maybe working with their digital cameras and music. Some may even do "advanced" stuff like work with movies or create "Powerpoint" style presentations.
Their needs may seem slight, but they need to be able to do these things with as consistent and easy to use interface as is possible.
Talking about "older", "average" users, and what you seem to think they are wanting from a computer system, I think you underestimate your...
Other than the new GNOME, where else can I find consistent Linux dialogs. Granted, if GNOME will now fit the needs, "all" I need to do is find a good distro with applications that are GNOME compliant.
You are not, I am sure, a part of the population in question.
All important.
If I can find a distro that is the equal of what you get by default with OS X, then I would be ecstatic (though even then the user would have to install it - so the installation should be very easy... ).
I want to be able to point my students clients to Linux as is appropriate for them... which means that I need to learn more *and* that there needs to be a distro of Linux I am comfortable pointing them to.
Someone else gave me a command line... one that I could easily do. Is there a setting to turn that switch on and off? -- Feel free to ask for the recipe.
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