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[ale] New linux users
- Subject: [ale] New linux users
- From: jdp at algoloma.com (JD)
- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:12:07 -0400
- In-reply-to: <CAEo=5Px+fD-NGLtwtj-w2qj+-xwhbryC+2JogHQ9gu7KSsKebg@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CALS_uaanfk08L-L_1nScmGUD2cKz6XHWD81zdU9kzNFeASZ1Uw@mail.gmail.com> <CAEo=5Px+fD-NGLtwtj-w2qj+-xwhbryC+2JogHQ9gu7KSsKebg@mail.gmail.com>
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2010/03/05/why-grandma-should-be-using-linux from 2010.
Swapped Mom over when she was 79.
On 06/08/2014 08:12 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> +1
>
> :-)
> On Jun 8, 2014 5:56 AM, "Paul Cartwright" <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am in hartford,ct. Visiting my mother & her brother.. they both have
>> laptops running xp... installed mint w/ Mate desktop, a chrome icon on the
>> desktop, set to their my.yahoo.com homepage where they get their
>> mail.suspend works GREAT, and they are very happy with how fast it starts
>> up and runs.. setting up their hp printers was a breeze.. had an issue w
>> one laptop and the bcm4318 wireless card not recognized.. but got it done.
>> So we have 2 new linux users.. oh, they are both about 80 years old...my
>> mother opened an email that she couldnt see the pictures in windows, and
>> they showed up in linux, she was happy!!!!
>>
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