Re: Best Linux distribution for home use (was: Family tech support)

[chris () blask org]

--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:

> What I've told people the last 2 years or so is "Fedora or
> Ubuntu - final choice based on what the geeky kid next door 
> will help with if you buy the pizza".

I'm pretty sure I can geek up enough to be the kid next door (at least until my son geeks past me). Getting him on 
linux is in no small part an effort to kick-start his geekification at any rate.

I think in the end it will have to be a multi-boot situation.  I have him running Ubuntu in CD-boot mode for now while 
he/we play with it.  I'm already frowning just a little bit but all in all it works alright.  The keyboard seemed to 
disappear five minutes in (think I may have hit Fn and scared it) and it certainly won't run iTunes to sync with his 
iPhone (I'm still appalled that I run apple sw at all...).  I'll leave it in CD boot mode long enough to decide whether 
to dual (or tri) boot it with Win and maybe Fedora.

Any opinion on whether it is Wine to run Win apps like iTunes or just run WinSomething in a VM?

-chris




      
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