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Re: [News] Linux Became Suitable to All Ages and Backgrounds

__/ [ Arne Knut Roev ] on Wednesday 21 February 2007 18:30 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>  >
>  > I'm not too sure about the Guiness, but the story you tell here is why I
>  > stopped helping people with Windows. If they want to be liberated with
>  > GNU/Linux, then here I am. If they have malware issues or Windows won't
>  > boot, they'll have to learn a lesson rather than delegate the chore to
>  > somebody else. If they get help every time Windows collapses, then
> they will
>  > never reach out for something better, be it a Mac (expensive new
> machine) or
>  > Linux.
> 
> I hope you draw the line where I draw it: I'll help people with copying
> out their
> data, and putting it up somewhere they can access it. _BUT_ I make it
> quite clear
> that I do _NOT_ do Windows. In any way, shape or form. For that part
> they are
> on their own.
> 
> -akr
> (snipping most, because I only comment one small part)

For backup purposes (e.g. photos and documents), I told my mother that she
ought to have Linux installed so that I can set up a script or periodically
SSH/SCP to grab backups and put them on my PCs. I see many people whose data
goes as far back as the last hard-drive crash or Windows failure. Some of
them would rewrite their CV, for example, from memory or from some printed
copy. It's not quite so funny.


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                ~~ With compliments 

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