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| DATE | 2008-03-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:03:30PM -0400, Bill Ricker wrote:
> On 3/27/08, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> > I introduced my parents to Linux [Ubuntu Gutsy] at their place, and they
> > tried it for a few days.
>
> Mom wanted a cheap (free) laptop for use on roadtrips, since public
> email terminals are scarcer in [mh]otel business centers and public
> libraries are cutting hours, but WiFi is spreading. So I put Xubuntu
> Feisty (or was it gutsy?) on my daughter's old Lifebook.
> She was emailing daily like it was a blog all winter.
>
The ASUS eeepc solves this problem completely
Ruben
> > I was considering re-introducing it to them at some other point, until a
> > few days later, my Linux box (Ubuntu) presented me with a reminder why
> > Windows and Mac are still desktop-ready, but Linux isn't - the obligatory
> > filesystem check if the machine has been rebooted at least 30 times.
>
> So you think you can't explain that to your parents?
> Are you demeaning your parents or yourself?
>
> As others have said you _can_ configure it to not do that. I wouldn't.
>
> My solution is to boot the laptop as I head into the kitchen to forage.
>
> --
> Bill
> n1vux-at-arrl.net bill.n1vux-at-gmail.com
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