Windows or Linux for parents' PC?

[dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com (Duane Morin)]

I dont know about your folks, but I'll mention that the primary reason I 
can't switch my dad to Linux is his collection of USB toys.  He's always 
getting something new that he expects to just plug in and work (his most 
recent toy was a set of binoculars that have a digital camera in them).  
Many of these USB devices do not have Linux support.  It would be nice if 
they all just supported some kind of generic storage driver, but they do 
not, for the most part.

If it weren't for that I would switch him to Linux with mozilla, xine or 
mplayer, cdparanoia.... in a heartbeat.

-d



 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, 
Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> A recent fresh installation of Win XP by me on my parents' PC developed an
> unrecoverable problem, proven to be with the OS and not hardware.
> 
> I am now thinking of giving them Linux, but there are some web sites they
> need IE for, and some multimedia stuff (like Windows Media Player) they
> need, though are not at all technical.
> 
> The PC is a genuine Intel board with an 800 Mhz P3 and 128 Meg RAM.
> 
> What are my browser options?   What WMP options are there for Linux?
> 
> I'd most likely be installing debian.
> 
> Thanks for any insights.
> 
> Scott
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