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  • Service: A great need (was: Re: More Horrifying Sacrilege From A GNU/Li

    From vallor@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 11 13:46:53 2025
    On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 08:28:44 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel <[email protected]>
    wrote in <107c9js$2c6sd$[email protected]>:

    Please relay to Ron that inaccuracies repeated ad-nauseam are very
    likely to be corrected repeatedly. That's what Confucius say.

    Citation needed.

    BTW, I suggest that what is needed isn't a "One, True Distribution", but
    a service -- much like "Geek Squad" -- that caters to home users of Linux.

    I've "threatened" in the past to start just such a service, but I
    don't think I have the discipline to pull it off. (I'm retired
    from another Magnum Opus, and I don't relish the idea of spending
    a few years in "startup mode" again.)

    More's the point: I know a very nice lady who is a grandma, and widow,
    who runs Linux _and_ uses Usenet. Her daughter is her "departmental guru".
    I think most Linux users in that vein have a family member to help them.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to vallor on Mon Aug 11 18:47:13 2025
    On 11 Aug 2025 13:46:53 GMT, vallor wrote:

    BTW, I suggest that what is needed isn't a "One, True Distribution", but
    a service -- much like "Geek Squad" -- that caters to home users of
    Linux.

    We have a local 'Lifelong Learning Center' that offers a wide range of
    course. Most run around $100 except for ones that include materials. There
    are three Windows specific courses. There are others like ChatGPT,
    Blender, Photoshop, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Fundamentals. There are
    no Linux courses and I believe all the others use Windows as the platform.
    I don't know if it's a lack of interest or if the instructors aren't
    familiar with Linux.

    Years ago we tried to get a Linux Users Group going but it mostly was
    preaching to the choir. I don't know how you would do outreach.

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  • From CtrlAltDel@21:1/5 to vallor on Tue Aug 12 05:22:47 2025
    On 11 Aug 2025 13:46:53 GMT, vallor wrote:

    I know a very nice lady who is a grandma, and widow,

    Got a picture?

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to vallor on Tue Aug 12 18:32:49 2025
    On 11 Aug 2025 13:46:53 GMT, vallor wrote:

    More's the point: I know a very nice lady who is a grandma, and widow,
    who runs Linux _and_ uses Usenet. Her daughter is her "departmental
    guru".
    I think most Linux users in that vein have a family member to help them.

    Including the Torvalds :)

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