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Ah, sounds like a plan! On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 09:38:28AM +0000, Eion MacDonald wrote: > Umm, sorry for top posting. > > I *strongly suggest you first of all dual boot with an External USB memory > stick* of say 32 GB size. > Put GRUB2 on memory stick, do not interfere with the Windows 10 set up, probably > Windows 10 Home and thus updates are automatic. > > I use Xubuntu 18.04 for learners , like Mint it shows a screen like Windows. Set > for only to use LTS versions so no 6 monthly or 1 year major changes. > It is a matter of taste. > Xubuntu can work with 1GB RAM, but 2 GB better. > I partition USB stick with "/" as 12 Gb, then SWAP 2Gb, then "/home" for balance > of stick say 17~18GB > I have put about 10 folk onto this system with laptops from Vista age. > > If USB stick in machine it is Linux, if no USB stick in when start up it is a > normal Windows machine, > and easily gets updates. (One of the major problems of dual booting). > > Regards > Eion MacDonald > > > On 18/02/2019 08:05, Andy Wills wrote: > > Thanks Paul, good advice. > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 09:29:16PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> > >> On 17/02/2019 21:07, Andy Wills wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> It's almost Plymouth LUG time again. Usual time and place (Sat 24th, 12, > >>> Moments Café, Plymouth). Perhaps a quick 'hands up' on the list if you're > >>> coming? > >>> > >>> One of the women working at the café says she might bring in her old laptop to > >>> try out Linux. Quite an old laptop with Windows 10, so really slow. Any > >>> thoughts on a good noob distro for a non-techie with a Windows background? > >>> > >>> My default is Ubuntu 18.04 for this kind of thing, but perhaps someone might > >>> want to argue for Mint? Or something else? > >>> > >>> All the best > >>> > >>> Andy > >>> > >> > >> Mint is good as it looks a little like windows in terms of the menu. > >> > >> However I would go with which ever you feel most comfortable supporting. > >> > >> Maybe worth inviting her to join the lug list too, that way we can all > >> provide some degree of support (answering questions at least) and any > >> practical support can be undertaken at Lug meets. > >> > >> First step is to id the hardware, then perhaps dual boot to begin with. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Paul Sutton > >> http://www.zleap.net > >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ > >> Twitter : @zleap2018 > >> gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq