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The average poster on HN would be okay with doing this, but broader society would not. My mother, bless her heart, struggles with email. When she needs somethin
by omegaham 9y ago
The average poster on HN would be okay with doing this, but broader society would not. My mother, bless her heart, struggles with email. When she needs something, she goes to Best Buy and gets whatever the salesman tells her to get. Telling her "Oh, Best Buy is breaking the law, but you can install FreeBSD, and you'll be fine" is a little out of her comfort zone.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoActually, I'd say "go buy a laptop from the shop in Melbourne that sells systems with Linux pre-loaded, they'll look after you". Not only is that a viable approach, I'd take any bet you'd like that she'd get better support from them than any 'big brand' supplier of Windoze boxen. (Actually, I'd probably say "holy shit I thought you were dead", but that's specific to my mother).