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[ale] Older parent friendly desktop WM

The default installation of XFCE on openSUSE looks similar to a Windows 95 start menu setup.  Easy to use, lightweight, and just gets out of the way.  That, with Chromium + Pepper Flash and VLC Player should play most anything needed (videos, etc...)
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Alex Carver [agcarver+ale at acarver.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 3:14 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] Older parent friendly desktop WM

I need some suggestions on a lightweight desktop WM that would be
friendly to my parents that are used to Windows.  My dad just got
scammed by one of these "driver update" scareware companies (it was a
pop-up ad) that charge high dollar amounts for installing free software.

I think it's probably time to shift them over to Linux, isolate them
from administrative functions, but leave the system looking friendly.

Ubuntu might be a bit too much and too heavy for their laptop.  I tend
to use fluxbox but that's a bit too minimal. :)
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