Dude, you're getting Ubuntu (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Dude, you're getting Ubuntu (Linux.com)

Posted May 2, 2007 0:16 UTC (Wed) by frazier (subscriber, #3060)
In reply to: Dude, you're getting Ubuntu (Linux.com) by emkey
Parent article: Dude, you're getting Ubuntu (Linux.com)

Ubuntu is a great choice for many 70+ year old mothers out there (if they're wanting a computer). There's a lot less evil things targeting the system, and so long as they're web browsing and checking web mail, it works well for that.

-Brock

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Dude, your mother is getting Ubuntu

Posted May 2, 2007 0:55 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Ditto. My young mother (she would kill me if I told you her age) is pretty happy with her brand new Ubuntu-upon-Toshiba laptop, and she comes from Mac OS 9 which is supposed to be much friendlier. True, I configured DVDs and MP3 playback for her, but I have not had to open a support ticket so far. At least I know that I will help her gladly, unlike with the default Vista install.

Dude, you're getting Ubuntu (Linux.com)

Posted May 3, 2007 8:09 UTC (Thu) by bkoz (subscriber, #4027) [Link]

Ditto.

I did this for my dad and one friend, just because of the malware/email attachment issues. Safe browsing is a powerful argument in favor of linux and one that has gotten surprisingly little press.

(My mom uses a mac. One of these days...)