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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on November 27, 2009, 08:21:21 pm
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Link to full article (http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/88/the-un-scary-screwdriver)
My little five year old daughter had been snuggled in my arms while I was talking to this neighbor. She had been listening closely. When we got home, she said, “Mom, I can install Ubuntu. I bet I can. Can I try? Can I try?”
As a mother who wants to foster her children’s interests in all things technical and scientific, I dropped the loaf of french bread and turned on a nearby desktop. I did a quick back-up and wiped the system. I handed my daughter Anna an install CD and said, “Here you go.”
With a little bit of help from her six year old brother, Anna successfully installed Ubuntu on a desktop. When she was done, I came in and asked, while trying to squelch my pride, “So, sweetie, how did it go?”
Anna’s reply, “Easy baceasy! That old foggy is just being silly. I can install Ubuntu, so he can install it too.”
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That's so cool! Ubuntu is very easy to install, but those were exceptionally bright children as well.
The thing that turned me back onto windows was that I missed being able to play SFC. Also, my current uptime record is held on this machine now, running WinXP Pro x64. 37 days, 2 hours and counting!