From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   "s|b"  wrote in message   
   news:cgg3e1F1afrU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:50:34 -0000, Mr Pounder wrote:   
   >   
   >> > I'd try to install Xubuntu. If you install Windows it's only a matter   
   >> > of   
   >> > time until it's returned to you with all sorts of malware.   
   >   
   >> Xubuntu will probably be more difficult than Windows for me. But I'll   
   >> take   
   >> your suggestion onboard.   
   >   
   > I've installed Xubuntu on my (42yo) brother's PC, a (41yo) niece's   
   > laptop and my (13yo) godchild's PC.   
   >   
   > They were all used to XP, but they quickly adapted. No telephones or   
   > mails on how to do this or that. Once you get them to use Mozilla   
   > Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and LibreOffice (or Abiword) it's easy to   
   > switch them to another OS. The profile folder of Fx and TB can be copied   
   > to Windows/Mac/Linux, so everything will be the same when they move to   
   > another OS.   
   >   
   > I'm not a Linux fanboy per se, I use W7 myself, but I have Xubuntu   
   > installed on an older PC as a backup. It's easy to use and updates can   
   > be installed automatically.   
      
   If I get nowhere with my XP and W7 attempts I just may give it a crack.   
   Can I just download the install files to the desktop of my other computer   
   and save it on a stick?   
      
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