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To: FXRP
Asking end users to move to something completely different, like Linux for Libre Office will not find much success.

This line is the key. Move to.

For users with little to no previous experience with computers and operating systems, especially the elderly, who are just trying to use a computer to keep in touch with friends and family, and have relatively simple demands, Linux can be a wonderful solution.

The key is for users who will not need to "unlearn" anything.

I understand the frustrations of Linux users moving from other OSs: I feel the same way any time I'm forced to use a Mac. And while I'm most comfortable with Debian based systems (most of my Linux experience is with Ubuntu,) having to administer RedHat Linux is something of a headache.

Mark

35 posted on 02/26/2020 10:05:47 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL

Or an iPad or Chromebook. What’s important to new users is that somebody very nearby (friends and family) are there to answer questions. Since very few friends and family use anything but iOS or Windows, I continue to predict that Linux has a tough row to hoe.


37 posted on 02/26/2020 10:10:09 AM PST by FXRP (Cogito, ergo Spam!)
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To: MarkL

[[especially the elderly, who are just trying to use a computer to keep in touch with friends and family, and have relatively simple demands, Linux can be a wonderful solution.]]

And much much safer (since they won’t know about avoiding compromised sites, links etc since they are newbies)- especially if you set up firejail on it to automatically sandbox their browsing sessions-


48 posted on 02/26/2020 11:13:51 AM PST by Bob434
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