OT: Windows is too expensive

geoschmo · #1 March 5th, 2007, 01:37 AM

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Imperator Fyron said:
If all she uses it for is web surfing and chat, you could consider Ubuntu...

I was hesitant to try something in the Linux universe since she's just a teen and isn't really a computer geek like her uncles. But looking at their website it actually looks pretty user-friendly. I might give it a shot and see if she likes it.

Atrocities · #2 March 5th, 2007, 01:42 AM

I would see what your local PC shop has in the way of affordable OS. I have an old copy of 95 someplace that could give you.

Will · #3 March 5th, 2007, 02:35 AM

If it is just mainly for websurfing and chatting, then I would say definitely go with Ubuntu. Non-technical users can get by just fine with it, never need to touch the command line or anything, and Firefox and gAIM work just as well as (some would even dare say better than) IE and MSN/Y!IM/AIM/etc. The Ubuntu people have done some really good work on bringing the distro together and making it user-friendly.