I am getting a new computer for an elderly and to be able to support it, I'm removing the Windows and want to install a #Linux distro. They have previously used Ubuntu Budgie for about 4 years. Which one of these distros do you suggest for lower maintenance burden in the long run?
Fedora Budgie or Atomic Budgie or even Ubuntu. Basically since these gets them back on familiar territory with Budgie and should give them a good experience with all bases.
Too early in my Solus journey so not comfortable to personally recommend it yet.
@Mehrad If you go the atomic route then install all apps through flathub and not as fedora flatpaks to get all media/codecs working/included ootb.
And clarification/further comment on the DE i think keeping something they are familiar with might be worth it to ensure they dont feel too overwhelmed or frustrated and instead choose a base that you are more comfortable with in case something does happen.
@pjol
This twocents was more valuable than a whole 10€ note 😊 thanks a bunch. They are valid points. I'm downloading Kinoite to pilot it for a couple of days and see if it meets my requirements. The documentation sounds pretty straightforward and right to the point.
Kinoite is great. I spent the Fedora 39 cycle and a few months with 40 on it. Iirc krdp is included and should be working so that should make remote management a bit easier, should the need ever arise. 🙂
All updates are handled through Discover, but no (functioning) auto update support yet. It is WIP, hopefully for 41. So if you do go the Kinoite route do remember to teach them how to do updates a whatever interval you think is needed 👍
@Mehrad Oh and if you do end up going with Atomic (Kinoite/Silverblue et al) and using rpmfusion then it is a good idea to remove the versionlock right away to avoid any future issues 😄
@pjol Thanks for the tips. Considering the use-case, it is unlikely that I need to install anything other than Google Chrome for them (they don't like Firefox or Chromium).
Is there any reason to go with rpmfusion in this scenario?
@Mehrad What about Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite? You could even get one of the #ublue images which, if I'm not mistaken, are designed to be "hands-off".
@rex Interesting suggestion. I knew about Kinoite (mainly because @MichaelTunnell used to talk about), but somehow it didn't come to my mind for this use-case. I've never used either of silverblue and the KDE variant, so I don't know what sort of issues might rise. I will try it for myself for a couple of days to see. Thanks again for the suggestion.
Add comment