On 11/23/12 13:39, John J. Boyer wrote: > I'm getting sick of dealing with Windows. My business manager is > agreeable to a switch, using OpenOffice. What is the best Linux distro > for someone who does mostly wordprocessing, online shopping, email and > accounting? For the basics, I don't think it really makes much of a difference. For servers, I tend to recommend Debian or CentOS for their stability. However, for more cutting-edge packages, I'd go with something kept more up to date. I'd start by recommending a Debian-based derivative such as Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, or Mint, since I find those easiest to maintain (though Fedora-based distros have also become pretty easy to keep up-to-date--they were just annoying when I started out with Red Hat about a decade ago). Most of the distros should have about the same selection of packages available, so you can do: - Word Processing/spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, or AbiWord/Gnumeric - Online shopping: any browser will do, but Firefox, Chrome and Chromium are all readily available - Email: I'm a long-time user of Thunderbird, but KMail, Evolution (if you need an Exchange back-end), Sylpheed, Pine/Alpine, or mutt all have their fans - Accounting: There's KMyMoney, GnuCash, MoneyDance, and a variety of other packages, as well as on-line options. -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list