Pierre Vorhagen wrote: > You are most certainly right. It is that I have never really had an occasion > to completely "convert" someone older than 30 to Linux... I don't have a lot > of experiences with elderly people willing to accept changes, so once they're > actually used to an OS and have their little habits. Last time I accidentally > changed something, the welcome screen in Windows XP, the person called me all > panicked and insisted on having it back as it was... Don't even speak of > changing the OS :-) Yet now that I think about it, I should try and take the > time to explain Linux calmly to him...
That's usually the _very difficult_ part. The easiest is to let them try it before they are accustomed to something else (being Mac, Windows, BSD ... ) People don't want change if they like what they use. If they bother about what they use, then there is a chance of 'selling' our thing. Because *they asked for change* . -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://christophe.vandeplas.com -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
