[RndTbl] Linux "mom ready"?

[Kevin McGregor]

You'll have to judge for yourself what she can cope with. I'm just glad I switched my Dad from XP to 7 a couple of years ago as he's no longer especially agile, mentally. 

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> On Feb 12, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:
> 
> 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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