[ale] Best Desktop Env or Distro for Windows users?

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> As I mentioned in a previous email, I've talked my site manager into
> exploring Linux for site-wide desktop deployment.
> 
> As most (53 of 55) users here are strictly Windows users, I'd like hear
> some opinions on what the best desktop env./distro is for *complete*
> Linux/Unix newbies.  What's the most stable?  Easiest to use?  Most
> intuitive?

I don't think you can go wrong with RH, Mandrake or SuSE, but I can 
vouch for Red Hat at this point.  I've had my mother-in-law using if for 
a good 6 months now.  Unfortunately I found that you'll probably need to 
do some manual configuration.  For example, if you select an attachment 
in an email, it generally pops up a download window.  I set up my 
mother-in-laws box to open word docs in abiword.

There will be a training curve.  One thing you'll need to repeat 
constantly is that Linux doesn't do a lot of the automatic stuff 
(opening files with particular software) because of security issues. 
Look where Outlook and Word have gotten us.

You'll probably want to go with kde, it's more windows looking and will 
be more comfortable to the folks.  I personally prefer Gnome.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John
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