Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 05, 2004 09:22 PM
- 2 adults, 4 kids ages 7-15. - 3 computers, 4 counting the firewall on a DSL connection. - 0 active Windows installs (have had Windows install drive on the shelf for almost a year now). - Kids use OpenOffice.org at home and take files to school for printing from MS Word. - Wife uses OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc to exchange Word and Excel files with school volunteers. MS zealot on school volunteer board does not even know my wife does not use MS. - Epson printer "just works" - Canon printer "just works" - Umax scanner "just works" - Canon digital camera "just works" - Canon digital video camera "just works" - Kids love Frozen Bubble, Kolf and SuperTux because they come with "level builders" to create their own game levels. - Kids love kstars - Daughter love GAIM to IM all her friends who are running Windows - Daughter loves GIMP and says it's better than Photoshop she has to use at school. - Son loves Robocode to learn Java development. - I love "apt-get install [new program]" to automatically install nearly any program anyone needs. - My kids love Tux the penguin! - Oh, yeah, one more thing. Complete control over internet usage AND no worries about viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. ("Dad, what is this zip attachment from my friend. It won't run." "It's a virus, delete it.") - $0 dollars paid to license ALL the software my family needs and most all the software my family wants.
At my house, any time anyone uses a computer, they are using Linux. And they like it.
I can, however, agree with you that "linux will never appeal to the average kid." My kids are proof. They are way above average!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;^)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 05, 2004 09:22 PM- 3 computers, 4 counting the firewall on a DSL connection.
- 0 active Windows installs (have had Windows install drive on the shelf for almost a year now).
- Kids use OpenOffice.org at home and take files to school for printing from MS Word.
- Wife uses OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc to exchange Word and Excel files with school volunteers. MS zealot on school volunteer board does not even know my wife does not use MS.
- Epson printer "just works"
- Canon printer "just works"
- Umax scanner "just works"
- Canon digital camera "just works"
- Canon digital video camera "just works"
- Kids love Frozen Bubble, Kolf and SuperTux because they come with "level builders" to create their own game levels.
- Kids love kstars
- Daughter love GAIM to IM all her friends who are running Windows
- Daughter loves GIMP and says it's better than Photoshop she has to use at school.
- Son loves Robocode to learn Java development.
- I love "apt-get install [new program]" to automatically install nearly any program anyone needs.
- My kids love Tux the penguin!
- Oh, yeah, one more thing. Complete control over internet usage AND no worries about viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. ("Dad, what is this zip attachment from my friend. It won't run." "It's a virus, delete it.")
- $0 dollars paid to license ALL the software my family needs and most all the software my family wants.
At my house, any time anyone uses a computer, they are using Linux. And they like it.
I can, however, agree with you that "linux will never appeal to the average kid." My kids are proof. They are way above average!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;^)
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