A Linux for the totally maintenance free

[jd1008]

On 10/27/2014 09:46 PM, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> On Monday, October 27, 2014 08:41:03 PM jd1008 wrote:
>> The lady I am trying to help does not even want to have to do
>> any updates. She wants it all so atutomatic, that once I configure
>> her network, and her desktop icons, she wants the installation to
>> maintain itself.
> Ubuntu is your best choice. It is supported for 5 years and you can set to
> install security updates automatically. If your lady friend is not tech savvy
> than why bother about updating software at all if there is pressing need for
> it. Ubuntu have both free and non-free packages available often in their
> repos. And if she searches for anything Linuxy Ubuntu is bound to get the
> first on search results. Unity is simple to use and Ubuntu comes with a good
> set of software. The more updates a system receives more surface area is there
> for breakage.
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Thank you Sudhir.
I will be first installing PCLinuxOS, with bfs-PAE kernel
(kde desktop) and let her play with that for a while.
If she feels it is easy to "step up to" from Windows, then
that's what she will get on her desktop.
If not, kubuntu is next in the lineup.