What is the best distro for my business manager?

Jude DaShiell jdashiel at shellworld.net
Sun Nov 25 21:55:31 UTC 2012


It'll take me a couple days to download and check out sonar linux and if I 
can get it working I'll post the version of libreoffice they're using 
after I check out its accessibility.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, John J. Boyer 
wrote:

> When I went to the home page for LibreOffice and then to download and 
> then to rpm 386/64, ehen to english there was only a pre-release 
> version. A wikipedia article said it was only 5 days old. There is no 
> information about accessibility. It looks like LibreOffice needs more 
> time to ripen.
> 
> John
> 
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:13:24PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > grml under these criteria is another distro to consider.  It's a security 
> > hardened version of debian.  Basic installation gets a command line 
> > interface and then the installers cn install the other parts needed on top 
> > of the command line interface.  Last time I checked grml was still being 
> > maintained.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Jason White wrote:
> > 
> > > John J. Boyer <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >I'm getting sick of dealing with Windows. My business manager is 
> > > >agreeable to a switch, using OpenOffice. What is the best Linux distro 
> > > >for someone who does mostly wordprocessing, online shopping, email and 
> > > >accounting?
> > > 
> > > My suggestion would be to start with a good, well-maintained distribution such
> > > as Debian or Fedora, then install the desktop environment and applications of
> > > your choice. Others have already made suggestions in regard to those.
> > > 
> > > If you want extra stability, then choose one of the "enterprise"
> > > distributions, or a derivative, or Debian stable or even Ubuntu LTS.
> > > 
> > > I think it's better to start by choosing a desktop environment and
> > > applications, then a distribution based on its maintenance policy, packaging
> > > system and other features.
> > > 
> > > I'd personally choose either Debian or Red Hat/Fedora, or maybe OpenSUSE/Suse
> > > (although I haven't had any experience with SUSE in any of its forms). They're
> > > the long-term players who have the most experience and expertise from the
> > > kernel level through to the application level.
> > > 
> > > 
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