[olug] Custom building desktop

[Greg Gerke]

For a case like this, with an older non-tech savvy person I'd actually be
leaning towards keeping her with what she already knows and perhaps just
upgrade the hardware... unless you're planning on being the full time tech
support. ;)

Looking very similar isn't the same as identical to what she already knows.
It's quite possible it'll just cause a whole lot of frustration for both of
you.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Dan Staehr <staehrmedia at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> This build would replace the Pentium 4.
>
> I'm looking at a quad core or at least dual core processor for the new
> computer.
>
>
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> On 4/16/2012 3:20 PM, DYNATRON tech wrote:
>
>> pentium 4? would suggest an older distro of ubuntu like 9.04 or 10.04.
>> maybe even something lighter like xubuntu.
>>
>> any 11.x version of *buntu is going to have horrible performance on a
>> machine that old.
>> On Apr 16, 2012 3:10 PM, "T. J. Brumfield"<enderandrew at gmail.**com<enderandrew at gmail.com>>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  I do recommend KDE over Unity for someone uses to Windows. I'm not sure
>>> I'd
>>> recommend Kubuntu because  Canonical has dropped support for it, and it
>>> isn't the best KDE distro.
>>>
>>> I'd go with Fedora, openSUSE or perhaps Mint.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Timothy Goshinski<tgoshinski at gmail.com
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> If she is used to Windows, I might go Kubuntu to avoid overly
>>>>
>>> disorienting
>>>
>>>> her.
>>>>
>>>>  --=
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I have a client that needs a new desktop. She is an "older" lady, not
>>>>>
>>>> very
>>>>
>>>>> computer savvy. Basically needs internet access, email access and some
>>>>> photo storage. The current flat screen display, keyboard, mouse and
>>>>>
>>>> printer
>>>>
>>>>> all would be fine. Her current computer is a 6 year old Dell Dimension
>>>>>
>>>> P4
>>>
>>>> running Windows XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would Ubuntu be a possibility?
>>>>>
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