Re: Users ready for Debian on the Desktop
On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 15:38, bob parker wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:17, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
>
> > That is why I despise most reviews that just speak of the installation
> > process. The vast majority of the time with a system is not involved in
> > installing it (hopefully) but actually doing operating tasks, be it
> > financial management, program coding, scientific data analysis, or porn
> > surfing ;)
>
> Spot on.
>
> > My friend I wrote about is not ready to administer his own computer -
> > Windows, Mac or Linux. I would offer that most people over 30 aren't
> > ready to administer their own computers because they didn't get the
> > exposure to that side of using them when young.
>
> FWIW I'm 64. I migrated from W98SE to Mdk 8.2 in May last year. Went from
> there to Woody last July. (Via a brief interlude with Potato after a corrupt
> Woddy install disc plus my mistake trashed my setup.)
>
> We seniors are often resistant to change. As far as I am concerned that fear
> of change is nothing more than fear of death in disguise. Once we wake up to
> that we can embrace change just as we did when younger.
I think alot depends on the individual. My 85 y/o grandfather is one of
the most astute power users I know. Not an insignificant
accomplishment, considering that prior to buying his first computer in
'96, he had been typing his sermons on the same manual typewriter for
the last 40 years.
Ian
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