Back to the computer stuff. Let's have a look : Grandma switches on the computer with SuSE 8.1 on it. Up comes the ""Log in"". She tells the computer that it is ""grandma"". A desktop appears with icons. She wants to check the email, so on the toolbar she clicks the "internet connect button". Clicks on Kmail icon and tells that it is ""grandma"". and gets her email. Clicks on print and it PRINTS the email. Clicks on Konqueror icon and the webbrowser is working. Doesn't have to worry about virii or defrag or blue screen of death or anything else. Now who says that Linux is not ready for a 65 year old ""grandmother""?
Here Here! The other thing is how many "average desktop users" do you know that have actually installed Windows? Even my father who considers himself fairly computer savvy (meaning he can install and uninstall programs, defrag, and run disk cleanup) is afraid to install Windows. He will call me to come home and do it if he ever gets over the fear that something important that he needs will get deleted. Until someone starts putting Linux on desktops that people buy it won't get far in the consumer market. Gretchen