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What's the best Linux for beginners?
Oct. 09, 2006

DesktopLinux.com columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols recently received a letter from a computer pro who's nearing 80. He's disgusted by "how [Microsoft] things have developed, and how most software is put out there full of errors and omissions. Help is virtually none existent. One really has to dig to find answers."

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"He's not the only one," Vaughan-Nichols writes. "There are many users, some with far less experience than he has, who are sick to death of Windows and the constant need to keep it, and third-party security software, up to date to even have a chance of having a healthy PC."

"But, at the same time, many of these users aren't interested in learning Linux. They just want an operating system that will let them get email, browse the Web, and run a few simple office applications."

To satisfy this very common requirement, Vaughan-Nichols has suggested what he considers to be the three best Linuxes for those who "just want a working PC, and could care less about the differences between KDE and GNOME."

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