LXer: Report: The Spirit of Ubuntu

LXer · 06-21-2010, 04:30 PM

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My father-in-law Ron is 88 years old, a member of what Tom Brokaw called The Greatest Generation, those who survived the Great Depression and went on to fight World War II -- in Europe, in Ron's case. Time is taking its toll now on all of those folks: limited mobility, slower reaction times, often reduced vision. It can happen to all of us who live that long.

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fruttenboel · 06-21-2010, 06:16 PM

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My father-in-law Ron is 88 years old, a member of what Tom Brokaw called The Greatest Generation, those who survived the Great Depression and went on to fight World War II -- in Europe, in Ron's case. Time is taking its toll now on all of those folks: limited mobility, slower reaction times, often reduced vision. It can happen to all of us who live that long.

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And the link to Ubuntu? The story is more one that belongs to Slackware.

XavierP · 06-21-2010, 06:23 PM

Ron installed Ubuntu and managed to upgrade it with no apparent hand holding. He found the Gnome desktop easy to use and then burned more ubuntu discs for use in Haiti. Not sure where you think Slackware comes in here.