Ten Years and Counting
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| Ten years ago this month (April 1, 1998, to be precise), I got hit with the
| Chernobyl virus. It wiped out my hard drive's partition table and boot
| blocks, leaving me with the computing equivalent of a cement block on my
| desk.
|
| [...]
|
| Two weeks ago today, I set Dad up with a Linux system. Mom had turned off his
| laptop to clean it, not knowing that the shutdown would be the laptop's last.
| So I donated my IBM Thinkpad 660X to the cause, setting it up to boot
| automatically into XFCE and launch Gnome's Aisleriot solitaire program. It's
| the only thing he does on the laptop, but for the man who made sure I had
| food and clothes growing up, I'm glad to help provide his entertainment. And
| I'm happy to use Linux to do it.
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http://gus3.typepad.com/i_am_therefore_i_think/2008/04/ten-years-and-c.html
The hidden 'market share'. He probably won't even go on the Web.
Related:
Desktop Adapted for Dad
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| I set my father's computer up with a GNU/Linux operating system. One
| basic feature of Linux is that each user has their own login to the
| system, and normally you do not login to the system as the super-user.
| This limits what my father is able to do on the system as he is not the
| super-user. To my surprise my father was delighted that he was restricted
| in that way, because then he knows that he cannot break the system by
| accident.
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| To conclude I would say that my experience with my father and other
| inexperienced computer users convinces me that the modern desktop software
| is not obvious but that with basic training it is very easy to use. I
| firmly believe that anyone can use a computer, but it is essential that
| users have a properly configured desktop suitable for their use, as one
| size does not fit all.
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http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/466
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