Comments on: Helping my parents into Open Source world http://nozell.com/blog/2005/11/22/helping-my-parents-into-open-source-world/ Marc Nozell's random stuff -- mostly GNU/Linux, technology, genealogy, family Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:14:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Scott http://nozell.com/blog/2005/11/22/helping-my-parents-into-open-source-world/comment-page-1/#comment-13323 Scott Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:24:39 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=535#comment-13323 I must admit, I was a bit surprised you didn't go all the way and just put (fill in the blank) Linux on it. There are times I'd like to do that to my father's PC to avoid him getting cruft, adware, spyware, and virii. Windows seems like a magnet to those annoyances. I can't remember the last virus I've dealt with in unix-land: Linux or OS X. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. I must admit, I was a bit surprised you didn’t go all the way and just put (fill in the blank) Linux on it. There are times I’d like to do that to my father’s PC to avoid him getting cruft, adware, spyware, and virii. Windows seems like a magnet to those annoyances. I can’t remember the last virus I’ve dealt with in unix-land: Linux or OS X.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

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