The Un-Scary Screwdriver

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 25, 2009

“From the kitchen, I watched the install unfold. She insert the
CD. She read what she could on-screen and pressed Enter a lot. When
she couldn’t read something, she called her brother who was only
one year older, but who could read a few more words than she could.
She yelled, “Jake! Come here and tell me what this says!” Together
they figured out, “Hey, if you just press Enter, it usually works
out fine.”

“With a little bit of help from her six year old brother, Anna
successfully installed Ubuntu on a desktop. When she was done, I
came in and asked, while trying to squelch my pride, “So, sweetie,
how did it go?”

“Anna’s reply, “Easy baceasy! That old foggy is just being
silly. I can install Ubuntu, so he can install it too.””

Complete
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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