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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3350275" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Linux Mint is pretty nice IMHO, and should just install and work. I don't care for Ubuntu anymore once they went to the Unity interface and KDE changed to the point where I don't care for it either. The Cinnamon interface that Linux Mint uses fits me and keeps with a flow similar to windows so it's pretty easy to switch back and forth.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://linuxmint.com/download.php" target="_blank">https://linuxmint.com/download.php</a></p><p></p><p>Anymore I just use the 64 bit installer as long as the CPU supports it. And for really old hardware the XFCE edition is best.</p><p></p><p>To install right now the best option I have found is to go grab Easy2Boot <a href="http://m.easy2boot.com/download/" target="_blank">http://m.easy2boot.com/download/</a> and a flash drive. Then all you need to do is copy the ISO's you want to have available to the flash drive and go from there. Just name the ISO file whatever it is you are using. You can also copy windows ISO's over to it and then have one drive to install them all, LOL. </p><p></p><p>Another one that some poeple seem to like is Zorin <a href="https://zorinos.com/download/#compare" target="_blank">https://zorinos.com/download/#compare</a> They have a paid version that adds a few bells and whistles as well as "support" but the free edition is just fine especially to try out. The Educational edition would be good for a child to use and have available on an old system. </p><p></p><p>And the last one I will mention is MX Linux <a href="https://mxlinux.org/" target="_blank">https://mxlinux.org/</a> since it is at the top of the charts on Distrowatch I have not had a chance to mess with it but it may be worth a try. </p><p></p><p>And fell free to look around at <a href="https://distrowatch.com/" target="_blank">https://distrowatch.com/</a> they have a ton of different stuff to look at and use to compare versions. Anything in their top ten list is probably worth taking a look at and if you have an old computer you don't know what to do with they have a lot of other stuff that you can read about for setting up some sort of server. If you take a look here <a href="https://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=WebUI#simple" target="_blank">https://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=WebUI#simple</a> basically everything in the list is setup to act as some sort of server with a WebUI, though they all function differently with different purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3350275, member: 29706"] Linux Mint is pretty nice IMHO, and should just install and work. I don't care for Ubuntu anymore once they went to the Unity interface and KDE changed to the point where I don't care for it either. The Cinnamon interface that Linux Mint uses fits me and keeps with a flow similar to windows so it's pretty easy to switch back and forth. [URL]https://linuxmint.com/download.php[/URL] Anymore I just use the 64 bit installer as long as the CPU supports it. And for really old hardware the XFCE edition is best. To install right now the best option I have found is to go grab Easy2Boot [URL]http://m.easy2boot.com/download/[/URL] and a flash drive. Then all you need to do is copy the ISO's you want to have available to the flash drive and go from there. Just name the ISO file whatever it is you are using. You can also copy windows ISO's over to it and then have one drive to install them all, LOL. Another one that some poeple seem to like is Zorin [URL]https://zorinos.com/download/#compare[/URL] They have a paid version that adds a few bells and whistles as well as "support" but the free edition is just fine especially to try out. The Educational edition would be good for a child to use and have available on an old system. And the last one I will mention is MX Linux [URL]https://mxlinux.org/[/URL] since it is at the top of the charts on Distrowatch I have not had a chance to mess with it but it may be worth a try. And fell free to look around at [URL]https://distrowatch.com/[/URL] they have a ton of different stuff to look at and use to compare versions. Anything in their top ten list is probably worth taking a look at and if you have an old computer you don't know what to do with they have a lot of other stuff that you can read about for setting up some sort of server. If you take a look here [URL]https://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=WebUI#simple[/URL] basically everything in the list is setup to act as some sort of server with a WebUI, though they all function differently with different purposes. [/QUOTE]
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