<div dir="ltr">Does she use Quickbooks/Quicktax/etc?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Faced with an expiring XP, I had a thought about moving my mother<br>
(complete techno-luddite) to Linux. She only needs an office suite (OOo<br>
instead of Word should do), Skype (works fine on linux, and her webcam is<br>
supported), an email app (evolution/thunderbird instead of Outlook), and<br>
that's about it.<br>
<br>
It's Linux or Win7.<br>
<br>
If I'm setting up and admin'ing, are there any downsides really? I can<br>
make it look/behave much like XP, so the learning curve may be smaller<br>
than with Win7.<br>
<br>
Am I delusional because I breathe Linux? Or can this be done?<br>
<br>
Corollary: What distro?<br>
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