Linux is for seniors and rightards!

One of our staffers has a ne'er-do-well rightard for a relative. He is a very nice person, but is under-educated and not the least bit intuitive.

He thinks that acquiring objects like cars and gold coins is the key to success, although his friends has pointed out that cars deprecate rather than appreciate.

His father told him that the middle aged son that he is not Jay Leno and he cannot afford to purchase a car and let it sit for 10 years in a heated or a/c garage, Some of us watch the Mercum Auto Auctions and know that many of these "investment cars" of 1960 vintage don't sell that well.
Many go for under $20,000.

That's a long time to keep a car in storage for such a puny profit.

The rightard's latest scheme is GoldLine. Gosh, we wonder where he got that idea!

Again, most of us know that coin collection is for numismatists and that if you want to buy precious metals as a recession hedge, buy bullion not coins. Silver is more affordable than gold.

Rightardia could talk about this man's crazy schemes for hours, but it would be pointless.

The rightard got a used Pentium 5 PC with XP Pro for Christmas after he found a job and moved out of his dad's house.   He floundered for about six months trying to get an Internet connection because he wanted his roommate who owned the dwelling to provide the Internet. Eventually he purchased a T-Mobile broadband service.

The rightard kept picking up viruses, malware and having other problems. Wirehead told him he could install Ubuntu Linix 10.10, but he could not guarantee he could get the Hua Wei WebRocket broadband modem to work.

Wirehead was able to get the Hua Wei WebRocket broadband modem to work in Linux: See http://rightardia.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubuntu-linux-and-wirelesss-broadband.html

Rightardia suggests that Linux is very useful for novice PC users such as rightards and many seniors who just want to browse the internet, send and read email and perhaps write a letter using Open Office or the latest upgrade, Libre Office.

All Wirehead had to do after the Ubuntu install, was download the ClamAV anivirus and malware program and the GUFW firewall as a front end for IP tables. He also put the latest upgrades on the PC.

He showed the rightard how to a conduct a virus scan and created some shortcuts on the top panel (taskbar) for the browser and email, the Libre office word processor and an the calculator. Wirehead also added aplets on the bottom panel for the weather, "force quit." PC shutdown and stock quotations.

Because Linux is more bulletproof for viruses and malware, we suspect the rightard will have fewer problems. The rightard was also amazed how quick Linux is compared to XP Pro; the PC starts and shutdowns far more quickly and his applications load faster.

Again we can't think of a good reason for a senior of a novice to purchase Windows 7 unless there is a specific window's application or hardware the User needs that only Window 7 supports. Rightardia has not run into many problems with printers or cameras on Linux.

Most devices with USB interfaces work in Linux, but scanners are an exception. We did some research on scanners that worked with Linux before we bought an Epson scanner.

If you are a causal PC user, Linux is for you!

If you don't know how to download Linux for the Internet and burn a DVD, buy a Linux magazine  like Linux Format, Linux User or Ubuntu User. Most will have the current version of either Ubuntu Linux or Fedora Linux on an enclosed DVD. Both of these distributions are popular.

Don't forget to install CLAMAV for ainti-virus protection. It's free, too.

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