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David Muse
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:24:31 +0000
aaron &lt;aaron at pd.org&gt; wrote:

&gt; 
&gt; Good link and article. Thanks for noting it.
&gt; 
&gt; From experiences setting up my daughter with Mandrake, I think the
&gt; &quot;average&quot; high school and early college students are our best target
&gt; demographic for switching to Linux.  At that stage of growing we are
&gt; all more open minded, receptive to change and more likely to
&gt; appreciate the advantages in system control, customization and
&gt; flexibility that Linux offers. The main hard to switch exceptions are
&gt; specialty app fans like hard core computer gamers who demand the
&gt; latest releases and drivers for the bleeding edge hardware.
&gt; 
&gt; After her first semester at college, my daughter is still very happy
&gt; with her Mandrake box and the Linux / OSS apps, and is accepting of
&gt; the fact that her sometimes her system won't  support the same things
&gt; that the latest Main$tream, commercial supported systems do.
&gt; 
&gt; Her biggest complaint is not finding a spread sheet as complete and
&gt; well designed as M$ ex-hell.  She uses Open Office for other apps, but
&gt; is not happy with the spread sheet area.
&gt; 
&gt; Anyone know of Linux based Spread Sheet alternatives that honestly
&gt; meet or surpass the M$ ex-hell offering?
&gt; 
&gt; peace
&gt; aaron
&gt; 
&gt; 
&gt; 
&gt; 
&gt; On Thursday 13 January 2005 12:57, Barry Hawkins wrote:
&gt; &gt; Not sure how many keep up with GNOME Journal, but this was an
&gt; &gt; interesting piece that made it to Slashdot:
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; The Liberal Arts Major Test
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/13/the-liberal-arts-major-test";>http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/13/the-liberal-arts-major-test</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; This guy apparently installed Debian sid on a scrapper of an x86 PC
&gt; &gt; and showed his friend the basics and left her to it - 2 years ago. 
&gt; &gt; The title plays off of those Grandmother Tests that kept popping up
&gt; &gt; when Linux on the desktop first became a hot topic.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; --
&gt; &gt; Barry Hawkins
&gt; &gt; All Things Computed
&gt; &gt; site: www.alltc.com
&gt; &gt; weblog: www.yepthatsme.com
&gt; &gt; 
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