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My job is to make you happy. About using Linux. UPDATED
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| I've convinced a few people to use Linux
| and most of them don't hate me, but most
| of them were masochistic geeks who were
| probably going to use Linux anyway. But
| there are three people who are pretty
| important to me who are now using Linux
| because of me, but who otherwise would not
| likely have ever used Linux, and who are
| not masochistic geeks. The whole idea of
| Linux being "grandmother ready" now takes
| on new meaning for me.
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http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/12/my_job_is_to_make_you_happy_ab.php
How I switched to Linux
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| I was doing Win-Lin dual boot for some
| time. By reading various stuff, I got to
| know that there are many distributions.
| I've used Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Mandriva,
| Puppy, Knoppix and PCLinuxOS 2007. But
| none of them were able to suit me like
| Ubuntu did. I know, it's psychology,...
| the first impression with the meaning of
| the word "Ubuntu" -- humanity; it simply
| didn't let me run away.
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http://portal.shaakunthala.com/2009/12/how-i-switched-to-linux.html
Recent:
The Great Linux/Grandmother Experiment!
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| Overall, Iâd have to say the usability features in gOS in specific (and Linux
| in general) are the biggest boon for her. You have no idea how sad it is
| seeing someone struggle to read the screen with a magnifying glass. The
| giant pictures and text for the few simple functions she uses are options
| that are specifically available in Linux and not to the same degree in other
| OSes. She couldnât read the screen in XP before! I havenât tried out the
| usability features in OSX, but she doesnât have the money for a Mac anyway.
| Linux was really the only viable option in this scenario because of itâs cost
| ($0) and itâs ease of use. And judging from the way she was picking it up, I
| think sheâll be alright with it!
|
| So, for what itâs worth, Iâd just like to say âThank youâ to all the Linux
| developers who donate their time to those projects. Youâve literally helped
| my Grandmother see again.
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http://www.mumbojumbodaily.com/the-great-linuxgrandmother-experiment/
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