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sime

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Is Linux ready for mom?
« on: 3 September 2003, 20:05 »
So what do you think?

Would you unleash Mr. Tux on your Mum or does it have a way to go first?

http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/02/1823212.shtml?tid=23

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« Reply #1 on: 3 September 2003, 20:24 »
Nah! mum's got to learn sometime so why postpone the inevitable.

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« Reply #2 on: 3 September 2003, 20:40 »
my mum would have just as easy a time with linux as with windows, which i don't think she is all that competent with but can get by in applications she has familiarised herself with.
Obviously this will be identical in linux, using programs (browser, email, word processor etc) that are identical to their windows counterparts.
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Is Linux ready for mom?
« Reply #3 on: 3 September 2003, 20:41 »
Mum is not the problem. It's the fucking morons in the workplace that bitch and whine about it "not being like windows". No shit sherlock, that's the fucking point you fucking moron. God, I hate dumb people.

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« Reply #4 on: 3 September 2003, 21:00 »
my mom already does fine with linux. its windows that confuses her.

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« Reply #5 on: 4 September 2003, 04:19 »
Considering you can run Linux indefinitely without having to see a command line... yeah, i'd say it is
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« Reply #6 on: 4 September 2003, 05:48 »
seeing as my mom can hardly use OSX (but she is getting better, and needing my help less and less).  I would have to say no, she is not ready for linux.