Moms Go Linux, And Other Windependence Winners

An anonymous reader writes "There's an entertaining article over at DesktopLinux.com entitled "Why Aren't All Our Moms Running Linux?", one of the winners of their recent wIndependence Day essay contest. From the introduction: 'Why aren't all our moms running Linux? This is a serious question, so don't laugh. I used to get phone calls about once a week, on average; it's my mom, telling me that "my computer is running out of virtual memory" or "my email keeps beeping at me" or "I can't read this document" or (the best one) "my computer is *broken*." I knew that, at the time, she was of course not running Linux. Then, one day, listening to yet another complaint, it hit me. Why aren't all our moms running Linux on their computers?" Maybe it's the cuddly Penguin logo? ;-)" They're adding the winning entries to the site week by week - I wonder how many are from Slashdot readers.

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[Idou]

linux scrabble .22 seconds search at www.google.com:

http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/softw ar e.html

And think . . . some other mom who loves scrable is having the time of her life on a stable platform just because someone spent .22 seconds to search it up for her and then spent the time to set things up.

Why don't you go to www.walmart.com and pay $300 (and probably dl Mandrake if you can't stand Lindows;) and get her an extra "scrabble" computer? That way you got nothing to lose.

If you don`t do it . . . fine, it`s your life. But don`t blame Linux for your being too lazy . . . it took me less than a second to figure you out.