On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 01:01:54PM -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote:
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> >From: Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:30:38AM -0700, boblq wrote:
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> >> I told my kids, "No more Windows." I was sick of all the time
> >> it cost me to keep their boxes running. Kids will click on anything
> >> and I have not found a way to tell them what is good and what
> >> is evil. So we are now 100% Linux and I do not spend a lot
> >> of time worrying about viruses or spyware.
> >>
> >> The Yahoo chat clients and webcams that exist for Linux
> >> work just fine so they are happy.
> >>
> >
> >Bob,
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> >I snipped down to this and CC'd my wife because I made the same decision
> >and want to get it on the record that this was the result of logical
> >decision making, not a predilection to child abuse.
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> If it helps- I'm on phase 2 out of 3 of moving my parents to Linux. I've
> gotten them to accept Open Office and Mozilla (the first due to cash, the
> second due to telling them use it or find some other free support). This
> christmas I plan to use a cd distro to show it to them and pimp some of the
> features (such as X allowing me to debug their box from across the
> country). Once they get used to that, I'll move them to the real thing
> next time they get a computer.
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> Gabe
Thanks. My wife is already in the penguin camp and doesn't ever want to
go back. My brother in Michigan is hopeless and on his own. The only
issue (other than the annual descent into TurboTax) is my son. He has
Linux on his machine but refuses to use it, preferring to come bum time
off my wife's machine (also Linux, but go figure).
At issue is my complete disinterest in in installing flash on Linux (as
well as my incompetence at said task). He wants to be able to do the
on-line gaming at Cartoon Network.
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Lan Barnes
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
[A]ll our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike
-- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
- Albert Einstein
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