converting user to linux
Martin Stone
martin.stone at db.com
Tue Apr 27 14:50:15 UTC 2004
Jay Daniels wrote:
> has anyone tried to convert someone to Linux, how did it go?
I tried to convert my family to Linux, and ended up converting us all to Mac.
Funny but true.
Seriously, though, if you put some work into creating a desktop for her that
only has shortcuts for stuff she'll use, and simplify it down so she doesn't get
confused or shoot herself in the foot, I could imagine it being OK. I don't see
how it could be worse than XP... I find that once you get it set up properly,
and if you never leave X, KDE/Gnome desktops are fairly easy to use. The only
really super weak spot I have found is office software. Openoffice, abiword,
staroffice, all look just plain awful to me. Then again, I'm not much of an
office guy...
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