07-12-2017, 12:40 PM
I guess I should include some info about the interest her uncle showed. I had let him on my laptop to view some photos I had stored. When he gave the laptop back to me he wanted to know what kind of computer a Lenovo was because it was so darned fast. I briefly mentioned it was fast because it was running Linux Lite.
That got the first "deer in headlights" look from him. After a few seconds he said, "What did you just say? It's what?" So I repeated that it was running Linux Lite. He was really lost, so I went through a brief explanation of OSes, Windows, Linux, and a couple of benefits of Linux. He had 2 questions. First, he asked, "What do you mean, it's free?" So he got the whole free as in free beer, and free as in open source and what that means. His immediate response was, "No sh**?", then turned to his wife and said, "Honey, did you hear this?"
Then he asked, "OK. Now what do you mean it's basically virus proof?" That really got his attention because a few months ago he paid somebody to clean his Windows machine up. He finally said, "So I can just go online, download this Linux thing, put it on a DVD, and put it on my laptop? Just like that?" I made sure to explain that he probably really needed somebody like me to either put it on his laptop or at least help him do it. He's definitely not extremely computer literate, if you catch my drift.
Anyway, he was for sure interested and to be honest I would have bet a bundle that he wouldn't have been. So, NEVER ASSUME. Right? :
That got the first "deer in headlights" look from him. After a few seconds he said, "What did you just say? It's what?" So I repeated that it was running Linux Lite. He was really lost, so I went through a brief explanation of OSes, Windows, Linux, and a couple of benefits of Linux. He had 2 questions. First, he asked, "What do you mean, it's free?" So he got the whole free as in free beer, and free as in open source and what that means. His immediate response was, "No sh**?", then turned to his wife and said, "Honey, did you hear this?"
Then he asked, "OK. Now what do you mean it's basically virus proof?" That really got his attention because a few months ago he paid somebody to clean his Windows machine up. He finally said, "So I can just go online, download this Linux thing, put it on a DVD, and put it on my laptop? Just like that?" I made sure to explain that he probably really needed somebody like me to either put it on his laptop or at least help him do it. He's definitely not extremely computer literate, if you catch my drift.
Anyway, he was for sure interested and to be honest I would have bet a bundle that he wouldn't have been. So, NEVER ASSUME. Right? :
Steve
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