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    • IRJ
      IRJ last edited by

      I am looking to setup a PC for a ten year old. I am looking to install AV and perhaps a filter. I am doing this as a favor so I would like to stick with free options.

      The other side of me just wants to put xUbuntu on this system so I never have to touch it again. I cant imagine there is anything a ten year old girl who never PC games ever would do that it isnt in a web browser.

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        Ubuntu or Fedora 27 with Cinnamon. Something familiar but easy to maintain.

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        • EddieJennings
          EddieJennings last edited by

          Fedora + cinnamon

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          • IRJ
            IRJ last edited by

            Any thoughts about Chalet OS? It is based on Ubuntu 16.04. It looks very close to windows.

            http://static.betazeta.com/www.fayerwayer.com/up/2016/05/ChaletOS-with-Windows10-icons.png

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            • black3dynamite
              black3dynamite last edited by

              Zorin OS Core
              https://zorinos.com/

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              • black3dynamite
                black3dynamite last edited by

                Elementary OS
                https://elementary.io/

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                • IRJ
                  IRJ @black3dynamite last edited by

                  @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                  Zorin OS Core
                  https://zorinos.com/

                  Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

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                  • black3dynamite
                    black3dynamite @IRJ last edited by

                    @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                    @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                    Zorin OS Core
                    https://zorinos.com/

                    Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

                    I haven't used it for years. But its a good distro for those coming from Windows.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @IRJ last edited by

                      @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                      @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                      Zorin OS Core
                      https://zorinos.com/

                      Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

                      I have, it's good but I prefer Deepin and Fedora.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @IRJ last edited by

                        @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                        Any thoughts about Chalet OS? It is based on Ubuntu 16.04. It looks very close to windows.

                        http://static.betazeta.com/www.fayerwayer.com/up/2016/05/ChaletOS-with-Windows10-icons.png

                        Ubuntu 16.04 isn't great, if you were going to be okay with older Ubuntu, I'd stick with Mint.

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                        • dbeato
                          dbeato last edited by

                          My 6 year old are using Deepin and Ubuntu so far.

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                          • black3dynamite
                            black3dynamite last edited by

                            Solus
                            https://solus-project.com/download/

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                            • Obsolesce
                              Obsolesce last edited by

                              I wouldn't go the niche route. Stick with something solid like Ubuntu or Fedora with Cinnamon. You can't go wrong there.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @black3dynamite last edited by

                                @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                Solus
                                https://solus-project.com/download/

                                Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

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                                • black3dynamite
                                  black3dynamite @scottalanmiller last edited by black3dynamite

                                  @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                  @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                  Solus
                                  https://solus-project.com/download/

                                  Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                                  I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                                  Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @black3dynamite last edited by

                                    @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    Solus
                                    https://solus-project.com/download/

                                    Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                                    I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                                    Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

                                    Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

                                    Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      https://ubuntubudgie.org/

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                                      • black3dynamite
                                        black3dynamite @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                        @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                        @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                        Solus
                                        https://solus-project.com/download/

                                        Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                                        I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                                        Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

                                        Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

                                        Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

                                        I forgot Ubuntu Budgie is available and using Copr, Budgie is available for Fedora.

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                                        • coliver
                                          coliver last edited by

                                          I've got my father's ancient precision laptop running Zorin. Set it to auto update and I haven't had to do anything with it. He uses it in the garage to look at service manuals.

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                                          • stacksofplates
                                            stacksofplates last edited by stacksofplates

                                            I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                                            0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

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