Linux easy distro

[hawkish]

What is the easiest Linux distro for old / technophobic people. Big buttons and low options ?

 

[portbhoy]

Linux mint is probably the best windows to linux crossover ubuntu (my favourite) is probably the 2nd but most popular.

 

[wiz569]

And you can even make it look like windows 7 till you get used to it


W7 Theme for Ubuntu Brings Windows 7's Familiar GUI to Linux

Linux: W7 Theme is a free script that skins your Linux desktop with a familiar Windows 7 look and feel.

 

[The Dentist]

Id go for ubuntu as well. Used it for about 6 months and loved it.

 

[TheCheekyMonkey]

ubuntu has quickly become the main linux distro for people who have never used linux.

i like it myself, but could never fully migrate to it.

 

[iant]

ubuntu - I use many distributions on a daily basis but ubuntu is the best IMHO.

 

[Top Dog]

their all p1ss easy tbh roud:

 

[Captin]

Ubuntu is probably the best Linux distro. You can use an interface like Windows or there are a few custom GUI's for it.

I tried to switch to it myself but could not find alternative programs to the ones I use all the time in Windows, even using Wine which runs windows programs within linux.

 

[chrome307]

I use BrowserLinux ( built on Puppy Linux ), it's tiny approx 94mb, can be installed onto a USB flash drive or HDD even SD cards.

It's very basic and contains a choose of web browser, Firefox or Google Chrome, comes with Adobe flash, that's about the sum of it.

It can be found here:

BrowserLinux

 

[lusephur]

for noobies mint is easily one of the more accessible ones

although myself i run arch right on the bleeding edge

 

[TheCheekyMonkey]

theres damn small linux as well , maybe not as supported as ubuntu but its err damn small, i think 55 meg install


for any newbie to linux the most important thing is to use genric hardware, linux will run on most hardware but i like to use weird and wonderful machines to run stuff like point of sales thin clients which linux doesnt always like.