[mdlug] A happy story

[Jeff Hanson]

The amount of time saved by skipping the update/reboot/update… cycle and
manual driver/software installation is enough to justify it.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Ingles, Raymond <
Raymond.Ingles at dynatrace.com> wrote:

> My cousin lives nearby, and the family has always taken care of her. She
> has some cognitive impairments, but is able to live mostly independently.
> I, naturally, am her tech support resource.
>
> Since getting Wifi in her apartment building, as you might imagine, her
> Windows laptop has gotten hit with malware. Popups and redirects and all
> that fun stuff. I cleaned it up once (she and my wife are the only people
> I'll do Windows support for), but last week it happened again. This
> weekend, she took me up on my offer to replace Windows 7 with Linux. I put
> on Xubuntu 15.04. All the hardware worked immediately, of course. I added a
> selection of games, and even a couple Windows games via WINE (like Peggle).
> I gave it back to her on Sunday.
>
> Yesterday, she called me and thanked me profusely. She says it's easier
> and faster than Windows. Me, I'm just glad I won't have to tangle with
> malicious crap next time I'm over.
>
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