She is awesome. reminds me of a customer I worked with at Visionman computers several moons ago. I helped guide her through reseating ram and CPU over the phone and she was set (damned ups). She called in 3-4 months later asking if her computer was linux compatible. I explained that it was 95% compatible as long as she didnt use the onboard raid it would work perfectly. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:33 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > P.s. let's not forget tech savvy grandma Betty who was asking questions > and installing Linux on her computer with the help of the mailing list. > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 11:29 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> To break that down, how computer savvy is the user. I agree mint is great >> for the not so savvy. Even for the savvy that don't want complicated. >> >> But if you want a server and being able to do lots of stuff, my choice is >> centos. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 10:41 AM Matt Birkholz >> wrote: >> >>> I find myself proselytizing. (Skynet comes!) So if friends and family >>> see something at my house they like I reflexively tell them they can have a >>> similar setup for free(dom). I want them seeing Ubuntu, maybe Mint, because >>> I can't imagine them using anything easier on the non-programmer. And I use >>> them myself; familiarity with Ubuntu quirks makes me look less like a Linux >>> Dork who, like a fan boy, said it would be "easy". >>> >>> So to add to Steve's list of questions: What would you want your granny >>> to use? >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen