<div dir="ltr"><div>The apps they need is probably more important than the desktop. They can probably learn XFCE easily enough. Try having them use OOo, Gimp, and other F/OSS tools on XP first. Then try a Linux system. If they insist on M$ Office then you'll have to use Wine. If they have to fill out PDF forms then you'll need to get Adobe Reader working. Flash can also be a problem for Firefox but you can use Chrome which Adobe still supports.<br><br></div>Also test for hardware compatibility. Cameras, printers and scanners are usually the problem areas.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Chris Baty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:batymahn@gmail.com" target="_blank">batymahn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi guys,<div>I'm the IT coordinator at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living and we have a few old Dell machine with expired Windows XP. My boss wants new, secure (preferablly Windows) machines without spending money lol - but I saw this youtude video about an LXLE install with the Winate desktop. Cool, I tried it. Winate apparently likes Compton, which is no longer supported. I installed the Compton archive but I still can't get Winate to engage. Has anyone been able to get Winate to engage, or any other Windows look-alike?</div><div>Thanks.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Chris</div></font></span><div><br></div><div>PS: The most popular PC in our computer lab right now is straight Ubuntu. Most of our clients aren't UM graduates, so to speak, so I FIND THIS GRATIFYING. </div></div>
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