John J. Boyer <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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? My suggestion would be to start with a good, well-maintained distribution such as Debian or Fedora, then install the desktop environment and applications of your choice. Others have already made suggestions in regard to those. If you want extra stability, then choose one of the "enterprise" distributions, or a derivative, or Debian stable or even Ubuntu LTS. I think it's better to start by choosing a desktop environment and applications, then a distribution based on its maintenance policy, packaging system and other features. I'd personally choose either Debian or Red Hat/Fedora, or maybe OpenSUSE/Suse (although I haven't had any experience with SUSE in any of its forms). They're the long-term players who have the most experience and expertise from the kernel level through to the application level. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list