A Linux for the totally maintenance free

[Joe Zeff]

On 10/28/2014 05:25 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> As my time is not infinite :) I decided to install pclinuxos with kde DE
> and bfs-PAE kernel. Yes, I will be spending some time, maybe 8 or 16 hours
> bringing this lady up to speed on basic things. I will certainly automate
> the updates, so she will not have to interact with the process at all.

I don't know how PCLinuxOS handles updates, but generally speaking you 
either need to supply the root password (or, if you're in the wheel 
group your password) to authorize installing the updates.  Is this going 
to be an issue, or is it something she's willing to put up with?

In any event, please keep us informed.  I doubt that I'm the only one 
here other than you who gets asked about installing/using Linux by 
people who want to get away from Windows but want something that Just 
Works.  Up until now, I've been pointing them at Ubuntu, but if 
PCLinuxOS is even easier, that gives me another option.