[aclug-L] Re: Linux as an alternative to a Windows desktop

[bruce <bbales@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 12 December 2002 11:51 pm, you wrote:
> On Thursday 12 December 2002 10:28 pm, you wrote:
> > And I still think Windows is better for uneducated computer
> > users.
>
> Guess I should throw in my two cents worth.  My wife has
> never used any Microsoft product.  Completely computer
> illiterate. In August I bought her an old 166MHz box and
> installed RH 7.2 and KDE.  I showed her a few things and she
> now spends three or four hours a day  on it - mostly email,
> surfing the web, and playing games.  I have to help out now
> and then, but mostly minor things.
>
> She has never turned it off so I would have to go over the
> login with her again if we went on vacation or if it failed.
> (She turns off the monitor at night.)  If she decides to use
> kword or some other program I would have to get her started.
>
> Windows couldn't be easier for her.  There's no way she could
> have set this up with Linux, but she couldn't have installed
> Windows either.  Once set up Linux is just as easy as
> Windows. bruce

And you don't have to learn what to do if it crashes.
bruce
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