tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post3588229298260985198..comments2023-09-20T07:28:27.572-05:00Comments on Linux in Exile: Move your family to LinuxJim Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598443864678006773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-34803419345280189612009-11-23T07:01:01.060-06:002009-11-23T07:01:01.060-06:00Mom was far from problem-free on Linux. As I reca...Mom was far from problem-free on Linux. As I recall, her major complaints were not being able to write Word documents for work from home (she'd always forget to Save As from OpenOffice), not having iTunes, and that the GIMP was way too complicated for her to use. When she got a new Lexmark printer in December 2004, it wasn't supported in Linux, which was frustrating for her. When her hard drive died in May 2007, she asked me to reinstall Windows for her.<br /><br />Mom has been running Windows for the last two and a half years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-87603823283219267812009-11-14T08:51:24.983-06:002009-11-14T08:51:24.983-06:00My father bought himself a Macbook before I had th...My father bought himself a Macbook before I had the time to convert him, but my mother-in-law is in the planning. She already use Firefox, Thunderbird etc on Windows, so she is comfortable with the apps.<br /><br />Regarding my wife; she has claimed ownership of my eee after I installed ubuntu karmic netbook remix. (She already used it most anyway).She has a Windows partition to dual-boot on our destop machine. However, as her drive is mounted from Linux, she can accesss all her documents from "my" os. I can't remember the last time she booted Windows. I reckon it will be a couple of hours of security update pain if she tries :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-78848015100308114092009-11-13T17:46:06.922-06:002009-11-13T17:46:06.922-06:00Linux may not be a victim to Winduhs malware, but ...<i>Linux may not be a victim to Winduhs malware, but there's a lot of browser malware out there.</i><br /><br />You definitely do have to watch out for stuff like that still (Linux provides about zero protection against phishing for instance), but that's not a reason to not use Linux. The decrease in malware will still make it worth your while if there aren't other reasons to tie you to Windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-16287583253348096932009-11-13T15:38:33.422-06:002009-11-13T15:38:33.422-06:00Linux may not be a victim to Winduhs malware, but ...Linux may not be a victim to Winduhs malware, but there's a lot of browser malware out there. For example, I could visit a malicious website which can exploit my browser to send a request to reconfigure my ADSL modem which happens to have the factory password; the trick works on Linux as well because it exploits a feature of browsers which is fairly common and usually activated. Another website might tell me that I have security problems and need to give my banking details to fix the problem.MadScientistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-21717466306512825892009-11-13T15:01:13.531-06:002009-11-13T15:01:13.531-06:00I tried moving my parents to Linux a couple years ...I tried moving my parents to Linux a couple years ago, and the only problem was there wasn't a good open source version of iTunes and it didn't play on any of the Linux kernals. I run it under wine and it works just fine, but that would have been a bit much for me da. Now though, I think I've heard some good things about development and I might give it another crack over Thanksgiving or Christmas.steeley42https://www.blogger.com/profile/11048394628371734540noreply@blogger.com