Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > <SNIP> >> I have a better question. Why is a 82 year old woman using Gentoo? If >> she installed Gentoo, updated Gentoo then she must be able to do >> something with Gentoo, right? >> >> Dale > > Sorry for this Dale, but if this list gets to the end of the year and > finds a less well thought out question than the one you just asked > then I'll be surprised. Unfortunately I won't be here to read it if it > comes along. > > To answer your question Dale, that 82 year old woman uses Gentoo > because it's what I put on her laptop. It's the perfect OS for someone > who does limited web browsing & browser-based email. (GMail/Hotmail) > > With that I bid this list goodbye. I made it almost 10 years on the > list, and have run Gentoo almost exclusively for longer than that. > Yeah, I've loaded and tried other distros along the way, Fedora, > Funtoo are the two I remember, but none have compared. This list has > helped me to no end and I thank everyone for that. > > Should anyone want to get in touch please do. (FirstLast@gmail) > > Cheers & goodbye, > Mark > >
But she doesn't do the updates, you do. Why is she worried about breaking something when I would hope you would test things to make sure it works. If my Mom were to start using a computer, she's about to be 80, she would not be doing any updates or anything. I would be doing that and fixing whatever breaks in the process. The question is a good question since most people that age are not likely to be running Gentoo Linux and doing the updates themselves. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
