Linux: The Mom & Pop’s Operating System

“This month’s article isn’t much of an article, but more like an
interview. It’s not very technical, but potentially satisfying.
True or False? If you have been around Linux for a few years, you
may have been called an open source advocate, a computer guy or
just a plain and simple nerd. Probably true, right? For years,
that’s how Linux has been seen by many outside the open source
community, and even a few within it. This article, I mean
interview, is a living example that this stereotype does not stand
true any longer.

“About 15 years ago, when I first arrived in the US as an
exchange student, I met a family in a small town called Hampden,
ME. Over the years, I became friends with this family, saw their
kids graduate from High School and College, and even lived as
neighbors to their parents for about three years of my life. The
person I am writing about is my good friend Brenda McCleary, a
mother of two college graduates who decided to give Linux a
try.

“I also want to emphasize that I have done very little editing
on this interview because I want to show the reader that one must
not have to know all the right terminology or Linux versions and
distributions to be able to start using it.”

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