I was tired of having to visit the computer many times a week to correct any problems it might have. I have installed all possible tools but still some sites trick the children to installing things that contain dangerous stuff. OK, I have told them how one should read every message before clicking on related buttons but still, some spyware manage to get installed especially when they are in a hurry.

I have tried to have them use a non-admin account but some games stopped working. So, they needed a computer that works. I decided to give a try to Ubuntu Desktop (I installed 7.04 Feisty Fawn) and it works fine so far. The install was straight forward and very quick. My daughter told me that she finds the interface nice and not different from the one she was used to.

It was even a nice way to explain that a COMPUTER and WINDOWS are two different things (not only because they do two different tasks, but because they are independent from one another). It’s a way to introduce them to democracy showing that there are different options.

Actually, it’s somebody else who installed it. It’s a family member who was on vacation here and she had never installed an operating system (even windows) before.