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i agree with you completely. i personally have setup fluxbox on debian stable for many clients. Most of them are between the ages of 35 and 90. I set them up with the icons on the desktop for thunderbird, firebird, (labeled internet and mail). gaim, loading on startup, and teach them how to use the scroll wheel to switch to a clean desktop (i usually put 4 on, and people love having a clean desktop, and then switching back just as easily. I don't see anything wrong with this, and most people comment they like things not popping up on the taskbar. Simplicity is the greatest. I'm working on a bootable cd based on dsl (damn small linux) that comes preconfigured like this, and considering calling it Grandma Linux. I'm also working with a couple of schools and small businesses, to setup linux servers, that basically to samba shares and host all the applications, and distributing credit card cds, to students/employees, that auto-auth to the server (ssh keys) and when stolen, can have the key removed, and a new one generated. My biggest problems with businesses is Quickbooks (which i have heard crossover office can run, but havent tried) and in schools, is the typing programs. Other than that, I think Linux is ready for Grandma, schools, and businesses (large and small) This mentality allows the restoration of the traditional computing, a sysadmin/sysops to manage everything, and users, which "USE" the computer.
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