I've managed to talk a work colleague into trying Linux out for me. He;s given me a laptop (!) to do a demo for him (and I get to keep the laptop; use Linux, get a free laptop, what an advertising slogan :)
He likes GUIs and the general feel of Windows (GUI for everything, not CLI stuff), but is annoyed by Windows' stability (or lack of it). I shall demo him Debian, since I know it, but I'll also make him a recommendation as to which distribution to go for.
Which should I recommend?
I've been told that RH's packaging is rubbish compared to Debian. I've heard good things about Corel and Mandrake as regards getting non-Unix experienced people up to speed and so on. I myself have only used Debian (which is too techie for him, I'd say) and Slackware (which is too, er, not nice :)
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