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Autor: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Betreff: Re: [DNG] non-systemd Linux for newbies with good migration tool?
Le 10/08/2015 03:14, Isaac Dunham a écrit :
> The essentials would be:
> -has a*good* Windows migration assistant, which must be able to handle
> Windows 10; I know that Ubuntu used to have this.
> -glibc-based, so that Flash and Avast Workstation will work
> (at least one of the friends in question uses avast on Windows)
> -has Chromium (and preferably Chrome)
> -has Open/LibreOffice (one of the friends in question has used OpenOffice
> on Windows since...7 or 8 years ago, I think)
> -DE familiar to Windows users (if Trinity were more active, I'd go with
> that without hesitation; but I suspect properly configured Xfce or Mate
> may be better at this point.)
> -can install to hard drive, though support for Live CD is desired.
> -binary based
>
> Highly preferred:
> -not rolling release, since one of the friends in question is rather
> upset about the new Windows mandatory automatic update policy.
> -non-systemd based, so that I can help debug issues; OpenRC or sysv-rc
> preferred
> -dpkg/apt based, since that's the package manager I'm most familiar with.
> -easy-to-navigate system administration GUI.
> -wireless GUI that doesn't require preconfiguring wpa_supplicant.


     Xfce is friendly, intuitive and easy to configure.


     For wireless, if you don't mind installing Qt, which, I think, is 
not a problem on a desktop, then wpagui is a very friendly helper to 
talk with wpasupplicant.


     Didier