Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?

["Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS" <user=91@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:03:30PM -0400, Bill Ricker wrote: 
> On 3/27/08, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > I introduced my parents to Linux [Ubuntu Gutsy] at their place, and they 
> > tried it for a few days. 
> 
> Mom wanted a cheap (free) laptop for use on roadtrips, since public 
> email terminals are scarcer in [mh]otel business centers and public 
> libraries are cutting hours, but WiFi is spreading. So I put Xubuntu 
> Feisty (or was it gutsy?) on my daughter's old Lifebook. 
> She was emailing daily like it was a blog all winter. 
>