On 4/14/2013 11:23 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting David <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> On 4/14/2013 10:25 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: >>> On 04/13/2013 07:53 PM, David wrote: >>> >>> Meh. My mom (nearly 70) and my daughters (6 and 10) all use Linux. My >>> support level with them is orders of magnitude lower than it was when >>> they ran Windows. It's also a Hell of a lot easier to fix stuff on their >>> Linux boxen than it ever was with Windows. > > That precisely reflects my experience. I have a good friend, an > engineer, who used to use NT. I convinced him to use Linux instead and > have had a steep decline in the difficulty of support. He still asks me > for help once in a while but it's pretty much routine fixes. Other > friends with Windows still give me toothaches with the > incomprehensibility of their issues. Like fixing a motor on a car with > the hood welded shut. > > Dave My sons are adults and they maintain their own computers and phones. My mother uses Win 7 and in 4+ years has never broken it one. She use Firefox, Thunderbird, Libreoffice, Skype, and some program that I can not remember the name of that makes really complicated sewing patterns and stuff. As well as several other programs. She watches videos. Plays music. Streaming TV and movies. I fix nothing. IMHO? Use what works. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
