Linux Installs and Children...

[Zbigniew Koziol]

Marcelo,

In Canada nobody is going to understand you. You are lost there.

zb.

Marcelo Cavalcante wrote:
> Haha...
>
> Interesting story.
>
> The fact is that human beings tend to fear the unknown. Because they
> are adapted to Windows they start to fear Linux thinking it will be
> difficult or even impossible to learn. This fear eventually push them
> away from the simple act of TESTING the new System.
>
> Like everything in our life.
>
> It's different with children. They have open minds and are always full
> of curiosities trying to know and understand everything that is
> available to them. They do not have the fear of "change".
>
> But if we have the chance to do the same test with people who also
> have an open mind, we will see similar results.
>
> An example of this occurred in my girlfriend's house. 2 years ago I
> installed linux on her home's desktop. This machine is used by her (21
> years), her sister (13 years) and her mother (62 years).
>
> Each of them has a different profile and use different applications
> but all of them got adapted quickly and can realize all their needs
>
> After 13 months using Linux on her desktop my girlfriend bought a
> laptop. The same came with Windows and she brought me asking to
> install Linux on it. She had become accustomed to Linux and already
> felt better than Windows.
>
> She even comments with her colleagues at university about how her
> machine it no longer lives full of viruses. hehe
>
> cheers
>
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>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Ran across the following story about a 5 year old girl attempting to
>> do an Ubuntu Linux install.
>>
>> http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/88/the-un-scary-screwdriver
>>
>> As it turned out she couldn't do it on her own, at points she needed
>> the help of her older brother, brother being 6 years old...
>>
>> From time to time I do introductory talks on Linux, and the above is a
>> great story, question is do I tell adults that I am attempting to get
>> them to the level of what two sub-7 year old children can do  :-)  ?
>>
>>
>> Colin McGregor
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