Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.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

:-)  :-) 

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