[tde-users] Re: [users] [users] Which of the Trinity Live disks would be best to install for a new ex-windoze user?

On Thursday 03 September 2020 20:55:40 J Leslie Turriff wrote: Offhand -- and, keeping in mind that your intended audience is a total noobie -- not only a Linux virgin, but also somebody who would never be able to sort through some of the issues we discuss here (my recent networking issues come to mind, or discussions of TDE with at least a half-dozen different OSs -- then I would say [here he pauses for effect], only a couple ready-made TDE Linux discs stand out. AntiX worked quite well, was lightweight, ready from first boot for a new user. It wouldn't be my own choice, because it did some weird things with permissions inside my home folder. Also, it seemed designed for laptop users, and I found it difficult to create custom mount points for my internal hard drives. But for somebody who just wants to get used to running Linux, and to be able to run a good desktop, I would pick this for my #1. Q4OS (I think I got that name right). Again, all the basic ingredients were there, for a first-time Linux user, with the bonus of a good desktop. What I didn't like was almost from the start: I couldn't create my passwords by using weird characters; this distro would only accept alphanumeric passwords. Maybe, if I gave it more of a chance, I would have discovered that it could be changed or circumvented; but I was right away put off. All the others that I've tried so far don't deliver the experience; which is, we would want the user to keep using it, rather than giving up in despair. (And I might have missed a few good ones that are out there, since I haven't been actively looking at new distros, now that I have what I want.) As I say, not what I would choose for myself; but what I believe would keep a new user using Linux and TDE. Bill