grml under these criteria is another distro to consider. It's a security hardened version of debian. Basic installation gets a command line interface and then the installers cn install the other parts needed on top of the command line interface. Last time I checked grml was still being maintained.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Jason White wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list