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GeezerOS: Linux for the Elderly

[ Thanks to Ken Hess
for this link. ]

“Seldom do I see my parents-in-law playing a heated
game of Quake or doing any kernel tinkering, nor do I see them
downloading, untarring, compiling and installing some piece of
software for their system.

“No, Windows isn’t the answer. I can’t tell you how many times
I’ve installed, reinstalled, reconfigured, de-virused, de-spywared
and rebooted their computers over the past 10 years. I don’t even
answer the phone when I see their number because I know the next
words I’ll hear are, “Oh, Ken, my computer…” and I just can’t do
it any more. The subsequent long and detailed voicemails are
causing me drink alcoholic concotions based upon every fruit,
berry, leaf and bean known to mankind.”

Complete
Story

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