08-06-2017, 11:19 AM
I took to Linux (Mint originally) when I was 62, so fairly ancient but after many years as a serious user of various systems. But I started to repurpose some of my 'obsolete' kit that it had bugged me to throw away (or I'm just tight) and got familiar with USB boots, Live systems, partitions, installations and the rest.
A few years ago I had a friend with a new Lenovo laptop where Windows 7 persistently crashed for no good reason his repair shop could find. I helped him recover some files with a Live USB and then suggested he might like to try Ubuntu. He felt he had nothing to lose and has been using it ever since. I asked him this year if he'd like to restore Windows 7 to at least make it usable if he needed but got the reply "Don't see the point - I like Ubuntu, it does all I want and it's never crashed on me in 3 years".
Oh, and by the way, this chap, who is definitely not a computer geek, was 79 when he moved to Ubuntu.
I found Linux Lite a couple of years ago, initially because it looked like a good option for dual-booting an HP laptop that I restored for a friend, though I think she's since been seduced by Windows 10. But I liked what I saw and soon had Lite on my own kit. It works very well indeed and I've never had a situation arise that I couldn't resolve, with support from Jerry here at times, of course, who has always been great.
I enjoy repurposing older kit and was given a Dell 6000 (elderly but in excellent condition) to see what I could do with it. I wiped XP, upgraded the memory to 2Gb and installed Linux Lite. It ran well - a bit slower than my i3 Acer with 8Gb, but very usable - and the charity I did it for asked it be given to a long-serving volunteer who had worked for them for years. It turned out she was 89 and had never used a computer before, didn't have a smart phone either, and had no idea what to do with a mouse, nor what I meant by left click and right click. I think it's fair to say she was inexperienced!
She's had it a couple of months now, has been in touch with relations in Australia, has a Facebook page and writes emails. Not bad for someone in her 90th year, is it - a real testimony to the straightforwardness of Linux Lite and the dependability of the Linux system overall.
It makes me laugh when I read on techy forums how IT guys with years of experience have tried Linux but gave it up because they couldn't be bothered with using the command line all the time. I think that makes my volunteer 'client' a genius by comparison! ???
Hats off to Jerry! 8)
A few years ago I had a friend with a new Lenovo laptop where Windows 7 persistently crashed for no good reason his repair shop could find. I helped him recover some files with a Live USB and then suggested he might like to try Ubuntu. He felt he had nothing to lose and has been using it ever since. I asked him this year if he'd like to restore Windows 7 to at least make it usable if he needed but got the reply "Don't see the point - I like Ubuntu, it does all I want and it's never crashed on me in 3 years".
Oh, and by the way, this chap, who is definitely not a computer geek, was 79 when he moved to Ubuntu.
I found Linux Lite a couple of years ago, initially because it looked like a good option for dual-booting an HP laptop that I restored for a friend, though I think she's since been seduced by Windows 10. But I liked what I saw and soon had Lite on my own kit. It works very well indeed and I've never had a situation arise that I couldn't resolve, with support from Jerry here at times, of course, who has always been great.
I enjoy repurposing older kit and was given a Dell 6000 (elderly but in excellent condition) to see what I could do with it. I wiped XP, upgraded the memory to 2Gb and installed Linux Lite. It ran well - a bit slower than my i3 Acer with 8Gb, but very usable - and the charity I did it for asked it be given to a long-serving volunteer who had worked for them for years. It turned out she was 89 and had never used a computer before, didn't have a smart phone either, and had no idea what to do with a mouse, nor what I meant by left click and right click. I think it's fair to say she was inexperienced!
She's had it a couple of months now, has been in touch with relations in Australia, has a Facebook page and writes emails. Not bad for someone in her 90th year, is it - a real testimony to the straightforwardness of Linux Lite and the dependability of the Linux system overall.
It makes me laugh when I read on techy forums how IT guys with years of experience have tried Linux but gave it up because they couldn't be bothered with using the command line all the time. I think that makes my volunteer 'client' a genius by comparison! ???
Hats off to Jerry! 8)
Lite Phil
"The ideal is the enemy of the good."
Linux Lite also installed on 8Gb desktop, Samsung N145 Netbook (2Gb) and Philips Freevents Core2Duo (2Gb) laptop for personal use and 3 Dells and 2 Acers for others
"The ideal is the enemy of the good."
Linux Lite also installed on 8Gb desktop, Samsung N145 Netbook (2Gb) and Philips Freevents Core2Duo (2Gb) laptop for personal use and 3 Dells and 2 Acers for others