[lug] Linux for Dad

[Steve A Hart]

Definitely...it's just that first learning curve he has to get over and 
then it's smooth sailing.

Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Steve A Hart wrote:
> 
>> I agree with the Mac idea but in my case, Dad is an old school IBM 
>> engineer and......
>>
>> 1.  He loves his DOS prompt / OS/2
>> 2.  Is completely biased against Mac and would laugh in my face if I 
>> even suggested it
>>
>> I've slowly been able to convince him to try Linux so I'll give Ubuntu 
>> or foresight a try.....
> 
> 
> A person already comfortable with command-line interfaces like your dad 
> would probably be a good "fit" with a modern Linux distro, for sure.
> 
> -- 
> Nate Duehr
> nate at natetech.com
> 
> 
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Steve Hart
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