[ale] Older parent friendly desktop WM

[Michael Trausch]

Recommend Cinnamon desktop. It is familiar and works well. Available as an install option in Fedora. 

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> On Sep 28, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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