A Linux for the totally maintenance free

[Bill Oliver]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2014, Tim wrote:

> On Mon, 2014-10-27 at 11:44 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> Why don't you install Fedora and put up with having to use an external
>> repo for non-free stuff (if necessary) and upgrading every 6 months or
>> so?
>
> For some people, or lots of people, upgrading every 6 months is a
> headache best avoided.  Quite apart from having to backup and restore,
> or backup and hope you don't have to restore, personal files and
> important settings, you have to deal with a changed user interface.  It
> nearly always changes subtly, at least, but there are also radical
> changes.  And it's not just a case of working them out, some of them are
> just horrible.
>
> If you (the "not them," "you") are going to manage this for them, pick
> whichever system you prefer dealing with.  But if you'd like them to
> take over the burden, even if not for some time, then I'd pick a distro
> which is widely used by other people.  Personally, I think a Linux
> newbie is probably best served by Ubuntu, it's meant for people like
> them, and is widely used by people like them.  Other distros are more
> aimed at the computer savvy geeks and already long-term Linux user.
>
> If a new user is going to ask a support question of someone, or their
> ISP, which Linux distro do you think they're most likely to get an
> answer about?
>
>

The thing is that you don't have to upgrade every six months in Fedora.
It's scheduled so you only really need to upgrade every other release.
That's pretty much what I do.

billo