A friend borrowed a laptop with Linux Mint on it, and had no problems using it to open Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and getting information off of the web. She later commented that it was much better than Windoze 8, and easier to use.
I ran a Wireless ISP, and there are NO better network sniffing tools than on Linux.
/johnny
19 posted on 01/24/2014 7:57:54 AM PST by JRandomFreeper
(Gone Galt)