On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 17/07/13 13:08, Duaine Hechler wrote:
I am currently working with a guy that is interested in switching to Linux from Winbloze.
Since most of my experience is with KDE, I thought I would suggest openSUSE or Mint (with KDE).
For a new user, what would be the "better" and/or more "stable" distro ?
TIA, Duaine
For my money I would suggest openSUSE if for no other reason than YOU are using it and therefore can readily help him with any problem he may encounter during the 'learning' curve while he is weaned off M$. You both will be "talking the same language", so to speak, when he wants to know something.
He will also have a massive amount of knowledge in this mail list to fall back on for any help (I have seen some of the other distro mail lists and none compare to this one).
Don't forget the forums as well. I'd hazard to say that a LOT more new users are helped on the forums than the mailing lists (the MLs being more or less the tool for us old farts that have been tinkering with openSUSE for ages). Seconded for going with openSUSE for the same reasons Basil stated. Ultimately it matters little if someone uses openSUSE, Mint or whatever. Where supporting people becomes challenging is when you're used to one distro's way of working and have to try and help people on another. You know openSUSE and KDE, so for making the transition for the guy you're working with easier... going with what you know is the best choice. C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org