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Warp <war### [at] tag povray org> wrote:
> gregjohn <pte### [at] yahoo com> 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?
>
3) A computer with a version of an OS which does NOT do crazy things like make
you recompile the kernel to install a wireless driver in order to meet some
ideologue's view of "freedom". [Debian circa 2005 did this.] Ubuntu, for the
moment, unless RMS's legions get to Mark, does not.
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