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True, but it is also true that nerds HATE with a passion to be referred as the de-facto helpdesk for those they will give any recommendation. I would never EVE
by gizmogwai 14y ago
True, but it is also true that nerds HATE with a passion to be referred as the de-facto helpdesk for those they will give any recommendation.
I would never EVER, recommend any Linux distribution at the time being to any of my non-nerds contact, in favor of a product that is simple to use (even at the cost of some freedom) and very hard to break.
- vetinari 14y agoI actually switched my parents from XP to Ubuntu few years ago (because any support would involve travelling). Since then, the most serious problem was yanked ethernet cable.
- Shorel 14y agoYou are lucky. When I tried that there was no Ubuntu, only RH and SuSe, and of course, Slackware. Nothing like OpenOffice or KOffice either. My mom did not like LaTeX and went back to MS Word.