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I will install linux for an school here, and the operadors know what's mouse, click and reset, and just a little more... I think I can't install an OpenBSD there, because they stuck even in winxp...
I could install kurumin linux there (based on knoppix) , because it's very simple, and is a brazilian distro... but I am not sure...
You know a distro simpler than XP?

red hat is as user friendly it gets

I used RedHat on servers (redhat 7, redhat 9), but in desktops only once, and the user where myself... so install libraries, modules, compile things and so are trivial for me... but the users will want to use usb printers, cameras, and other things...
RedHat is good for this?

I would fully reccomend Ubuntu Linux. Very Desktop oriented 99% of all hardware correctly identified and configured. Easy to update via synaptic.

Works great on laptops espsecially wide screen laptops.

SUSE. userfriendly.

Watch out for hardware support, especially USB devices like scanners. Manufacturers will often support Windows but couldn't be stuffed with Linux.

what kind of school? If all they need computers for is some web/email/word processing, any distro with a gui will do.
I assume that since they are stuck with XP they're not supposed to go dig into the system anyways.

I suggest either Fedora or Mandrake. Both are very user friendly.

I suggest Ubuntu too, it's really easy to install & use. And most of the common programs comes with it. And it's in one cd

If you're going to install an OS on a PC that will be used only for e-mail/browsing Fedora Core 4 is more thatn perfect. It's easy to install and, has multilanguage support. Just yum firefox+thunderbird and you're ready .

Make a quick search about Ubuntu linux
It's the most easiet and futile distro of linux there is for novice users.
I wrote alot about it here in the forums.


get it at: http://ubuntulinux.org

I would personally recommend Ubuntu for most of your desktop needs but if you want something that just works which is easy to install and has graphical help for absolutely everything then I guess you had better go with Fedora.

Actually, now that I think about it a bit more, if you're looking for something to replace XP them perhaps one of the less known distros like Lycoris or Xandros or Lindows would serve you well, I don't know much about their installers but the first and last are definetly point and click admin if you don't want the console.

Agamemnon wrote:I suggest either Fedora or Mandrake. Both are very user friendly.

Fedora is crap, the first time you install it, it has a 10% succes rate.
It doesn't have build in mp3 support etc...
They stripped it down since version 3. Now fedora sucks.
I think Ubuntu at the other hand is fine.
Another simple distro is DSL (damn small linux)

you can install any linux with kde or gnome. I can't imagine, that someone is so stupid, that he can't use x-window.

jawa78 wrote:I would fully reccomend Ubuntu Linux. Very Desktop oriented 99% of all hardware correctly identified and configured. Easy to update via synaptic.

Works great on laptops espsecially wide screen laptops.

I agree. Ubuntu is designed just for this purpose..

This is the education for classrooms distrobution.

Look at this EDUBUNTU