it's a question for the ages ... i have the opportunity to migrate someone from a dying windows pc to a spare laptop i have, and rather than run around looking for windows installation media, she's willing to at least entertain the notion of linux, as she needs little more than surfing/email/MS office functionality. last time i thought about it, i would have recommended linux mint ... are there any other serious contenders at this point? i'm perusing this article at the moment: https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-beginners/ rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org