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  Re: Vista Updates... *sigh*  
From: Warp
Date: 28 Aug 2008 08:33:21
Message: <48b69b11@news.povray.org>
gregjohn <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> The question then, if Linux is chosen, is which distro is best for guiding your
> Dad in for a landing over the phone.  I've seen Linux big-wigs in forums say,
> "I positively do not care if Linux is ever the right OS for someone's
> grandfather. UNIX never was."  I think I'd stay away from a distro where too
> much say was purists about closed source drivers.  Folks' Dads might not be
> able to roll their own.

  Well, you have two options:

1) A computer with an OS which has a steep learning curve.
2) A computer with an OS that doesn't even boot.

  Which of the two options is better?

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                                                          - Warp


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