[ale] Linux for senior citizens

[Beddingfield, Allen]

You could do the web/Facebook think with most any Linux distro, but if she tries to play any of the Facebook Flash-based games, that's when the trouble starts.
Have you considered loading her up a Linux VM in Virtualbox to let her give it a try first?
Allen B.

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:50 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Linux for senior citizens

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu<mailto:allen at ua.edu>> wrote:
What is her primary purpose for the computer?  (Does she mainly do web browsing?).

Primarily, web-based email and facebook.  The less clutter the better.  The more it looks like some windows variant (except Windows 8) the better.   I doubt there will be a need for Office, though having LibreOffice installed will probably be a good idea.