[olug] advice picking distro for Mac users

[Dave Rowe]

Ubuntu offers some nice things like handling driver issues much better
than some distros - without requiring a bunch of research and digging.

Personally, I've been running Debian Wheezy - using Gnome 3, and have
grown accustomed to it.  Generally seems to stay out of my way.  Has
similarities to Unity, but overall, I don't mind it.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
> 12.04 does have unity.
>
>
> On 11/13/2013 12:30 PM, Tony Gies wrote:
>>
>> Debian or Ubuntu would probably be a good fit, with the caveat that the
>> Unity window manager in the newer releases is kind of annoying as Ben
>> suggested above. I don't know whether someone habituated to OS X might
>> like
>> it better. I believe Ubuntu 12.04 didn't have the Unity stuff at all and
>> it's LTS so it will be getting updates for a few years yet.
>>
>> There are lots of little fringe distros that claim to provide an
>> experience
>> more similar to OS X but personally I find that having a few
>> customizations
>> pre-configured for you is not worth the hassle of dealing with a
>> non-mainstream distro.
>> On Nov 13, 2013 11:37 AM, "Tim Larson" <larson at towncommons.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm setting up a 2nd computer in the house now that the kids are getting
>>> old enough to be using a computer more. I've been out of the desktop
>>> scene
>>> for awhile, but I still want to go Linux to save myself the admin
>>> headache
>>> of dealing with Windows. There's only one Win-specific app they'd need,
>>> and
>>> I've already confirmed that will run fine in an XP VM. (BTW, if you've
>>> got
>>> an old copy to sell, contact me off-list.)
>>>
>>> Seems *buntu is still the pick for the casual Linux desktop user to get
>>> up
>>> and going easily, and fairly hassle-free to keep updated. Everyone is
>>> familiar with Mac OS to some extent, so a version that feels somewhat
>>> similar to that would be great. Some reviews say Unity is a good fit for
>>> Mac users. Some reviews say the Xfce desktop is Mac-like. Maybe there are
>>> others. I'm soliciting more opinions and comments to help me make my
>>> decision. Apart from an annual upgrade I won't be using the computer at
>>> all
>>> unless there are problems, so a major goal is to set it up such that the
>>> non-tech-savvy will not create nor encounter many problems.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim
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