<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Folks keep telling me of the joys of Mint Linux, so I have looked into it for my old Vista laptop. Trouble is, I was immediately confronted with a choice of four different editions (all of which looked much the same to me) and two documents telling me that, if uncertain, I should definitely load Cinnamon. Or MATE, depending on whose advice you take. Add to that some unclear explanations as to how I could download and install, plus several pages of 'simple' Linux programming for setting configurations, and I was totally lost. I haven't got time to read "Linux for Dummies", so if some knowledgeable AMRADer could direct us to "How to get Linux running usefully on an old laptop for complete Dummies", I guess at least two of us would be very grateful.<div><br></div><div>Phil M1GWZ</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 3 Sep 2015, at 15:48, Richard Demaret wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br><br>All,<br><br></div>M, thanks for mentioning Linux and wine.<br><br>Would you (or someone) tell me more about Linux + Wine? <br><br>Several years ago, I attempted to install a supposedly simple version of Linux on an old Vista machine. I was only partially successful. The program constantly asked me for passwords. This constant demand stopped my progress. So I set the computer aside. It is still setting. Perhaps it is a good candidate to start on again. <br><br>Is there a simple user-friendly version of Linux? I have some old W98 and XP machines that I would like to bring back to life. <br><br></div>Best Wishes<br></div>Richard KI4KXJ<br><br>.....................<br><br><br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:58 PM, kf4hcw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kf4hcw@lifeatwarp9.com" target="_blank">kf4hcw@lifeatwarp9.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2015-09-02 11:44, Richard Demaret wrote:<br>
> am especially interested in something to put on old Win 98 & XP<br>
> computers.<br>
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</span>Linux, + wine for old windows apps you need.<br>
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