Need recomendation for OS on an Asus B202
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Need recomendation for OS on an Asus B202
Just like the title says. I have an Asus B202 'desktop' PC. This is an Atom single core box that hangs on the back of a monitor. The original OS (some minimal linux system) has become useless for my needs. The only thing that matters for this box is web browsing and photo viewing. Over the last year as more as more and more flash animation has become widespread the old version 2.x of Firefox has become unusable so I need to change things a bit. This PC pretty much a 'kiosk PC' in my 2nd home that people of all tech skills use. I currently have the latest Ubantu installed and it works great for ME but my in-laws and other non tech people will have issues with this advanced OS. Is there something out there that would be great just serf the web and be able to view images??? I am playing with Android X86 but it does not seem fully ready for prime time
Re: Need recomendation for OS on an Asus B202
What exactly is it about Ubuntu that they're having trouble with? As far as browsing the web goes and looking at photos there's not THAT much difference between Ubuntu and mostly anything else... You could try a slimmer version of Ubuntu like Xubuntu with a simpler interface?
Re: Need recomendation for OS on an Asus B202
Thanks, I don't have any issues with Ubuntu (I am running the realtime version on my CNC mill projectJim G wrote:What exactly is it about Ubuntu that they're having trouble with? As far as browsing the web goes and looking at photos there's not THAT much difference between Ubuntu and mostly anything else... You could try a slimmer version of Ubuntu like Xubuntu with a simpler interface?
) Most of my 'users' are computer illiterate older folks that struggle with even basic web browsing. The original Linux mini distro was great for them but it has become pretty much worthless over the last year due (I think) the huge increase in flash on most web pages - yahoo email was taking several minutes to refresh the inbox on a 12Mb cable connection. I will take a look at Xubuntu, I tried a few of the really tiny distros but non so far have really worked.