On 30 October 2013 16:26, Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
The thing stopping me entertaining LMDE for this task is the very clear instructions on their download page telling me it's not aimed at the kind of users I want it for.
LXLE is looking like the best option.
Having had a good look at LXLE I think you are wise to look in that direction.
I'm looking forward to the next Mint LTS so I can stick with it for the duration. The thing that keeps me from going with LMDE as has been pointed out the lack solid Ubuntu core and all that support out there for it. Not that Debian isn't solid but like you said it sure ain't a distro for your users.
Good luck with whatever you go with and please post to the list on how it's going I for one am very interested. I have quite a few clients in exactly the same position who don't want to upgrade their hardware, have very basic computing needs, email, web and the odd letter but want a secure supported system.
Cheers, BJ