The Spirit of Ubuntu

“He had not only succeeded in teaching himself to boot the
system, he had been exploring the possibilities of it for hours and
he was delighted. “This is MUCH more interesting than Windows!” he
said. The only problem was that he’d not yet spotted that little
power button in the upper right corner, which settled the matter at
once.

“Again some time passed. In her weekly calls to him, my wife
reported, he didn’t say much about Linux or Ubuntu or even
computers, and we both feared he’d lost interest or hit a snag and
didn’t want to ask for more help. I would send along an encouraging
or informational email to him from time to time, but I didn’t want
to pester him.

“Finally we found out what had happened: without saying anything
about it, Ron had been busy upgrading his 9.04 first to 9.10, and
from there to 10.04. He’d done it entirely on his own, which is
testimony not only to his defiance of the obstacles of age, but
also to the ease with which an interested beginner can come to
terms with the Ubuntu version of Linux.”

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