[RndTbl] Linux "mom ready"?

Trevor Cordes trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Wed Feb 12 05:13:16 CST 2014


Faced with an expiring XP, I had a thought about moving my mother 
(complete techno-luddite) to Linux.  She only needs an office suite (OOo 
instead of Word should do), Skype (works fine on linux, and her webcam is 
supported), an email app (evolution/thunderbird instead of Outlook), and 
that's about it.

It's Linux or Win7.

If I'm setting up and admin'ing, are there any downsides really?  I can 
make it look/behave much like XP, so the learning curve may be smaller 
than with Win7.

Am I delusional because I breathe Linux?  Or can this be done?

Corollary: What distro?


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