Re: Good distro for windows users

You know I hate to even bring this up because it seems to have
backstabber written all over it, but Lindows/Linspire ain't that far off
from XP; and it was BUILT for the purpose we are talking about. Sure
there's better ways to do this or that, but the crux here seems to be
user migration, not details between distro's.

http://www.linspire.com/lindows_news_gallery.php?image=screenshot

Sure you can modify any of the windows managers for color and placement
but knoppix, Suse, Fedora, in my opinion are still not quite as close to
faking a general user out than these guys.

Does anyone here know of another distro out of the box - without
customizing anything - is closer to at least mimicking windows to aid in
the transition?

-Ben

Dan Wolf wrote:

>Anthony,
>I have been a Suse fan for a long time. With the arrival of Suse 9.3 I
>have finally made the move to using it as much as possible. It is very
>complete as to applications, has excellent documentation. As a boxed set
>this would be an excellent way to go for anyone new to Linux. While the
>$99 may seem spendy to those used to d/ling their favorite distro at no
>cost IMHO the boxed set with over a thousand apps, docs, cd and dvd
>media and support is an excellent value compared to what the equivalent
>MS products would cost.
>that's my .02
>~Dan
>
>On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 01:09 -0800, Anthony Valentine wrote:
>
>
>>Hello everyone!
>>
>>I am building a computer for a couple of friends and they want to try
>>Linux. I have been using Gentoo exclusivly for years now so I do not
>>have any experiance with any other recent distros.
>>
>>Can anyone suggest a good distro for a Windows user to switch to? It
>>isn't necassary for it to be free, as they are willing to pay for it.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>>
>>Anthony Valentine
>>
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