Author: Imran Chaudhry Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc. (Lisi)
> Oh - and lending someone a laptop running Linux while his desktop is out of > commission being repaired/rebuilt works brilliantly! (I found that one out
> by happenstance!)
I get asked to save Windows virus-infected laptops quite often.
Sometimes the infestation is so bad that I ask if it's OK to simply
save their data (Office docs etc) and to give Ubuntu Lucid Lynx a try.
I recently did this for a friend and was pleasantly surprised to find
him using it happily and, heavens above, syncing with his iPod via
Rhythmbox - I didn't tell him about Rhythmbox he must have just
plugged in the iPod and figured it out himself. I have not been asked
for user-support issues in the few months it has been on there. I
think it reinforces the "normal users don't care whats underneath as
log as it works" idea.
There is more of a chance for Linux to get the "toe in the door" these
days as a lot of apps that people care about are web-based (Facebook
etc).
