On 27/10/2013 22:26, Mark Rogers wrote:
I'm being asked quite frequently now for Linux options to replace XP.
What would people here pick?
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Well, I hear what you say about EOL, but Linux Mint Cinnamon seems to be the best bet at the moment for users used to XP. I'm not sure what other distros offer Cinnamon as an option. Ought to have a look, I suppose.
There's a new version out mid-November, but I have no clue when the next LTS version is out. Bear in mind as well, that it's a rolling upgrade distro, so EOL isn't really EOL, albeit for 9 months.
I know that Mint requires one to blow away the whole machine to apply a new release (but I hear they are working on that), but if you can steer the XP users into using a server to store data rather than "home", and ti use IMAP rather than POP for email, it makes the process easier as their is a lot less data to migrate.
Graphics hardware has always been a problem, but when XP dies, I'm sure there will be a lot of newish old kit for sale for upgrades.
I have noticed as have others, the the latest Mint Cinnamon doesn't like running in a VM very much.
Good luck, and please let us know how and what you do.
Cheers, Laurie.