[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 24 September 2009 13:27:16 Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop.  He
> > needs are small.  She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and
> > browsing, so
> > equivalents there are not a problem.  She needs grip and lame, for her
> > mp3s -
> > again no problem.  In fact the only problem I can see is that gwenview
> > doesn't
> > appear to have the kipi-plugins.  I can see libkipi listed, but no
> > plugins,
> > and a pbone search didn't find it for me.
> 
> Why CentOS, as a matter of interest.
> I'm a great fan of CentOS for servers,
> but I would have thought Fedora would be more suitable
> for the purpose you are talking about.
> 
No, not for her, I think.  The long-term support and stability are more suited 
to her needs.  She doesn't need the latest and greatest.  FC6 did, for me, 
everything she needs and more, so as long as I can resolve the photo printing 
problem, CentOS is the logical answer.

Anne
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