sempergoofy
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Smyrna, GA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to pandora
Re: Supporting my elderly mom's Linux
Excellent question, but not related to security/support issue. 
Mom uses Firefox and Thunderbird on windows (thanks to me), and will use the same on Linux. I'll migrate any bookmarks and email folders to the Linux system for her. Likely she'll never know a difference since they are the same programs she is used to. She is not a power user. I put a great big Thunderbird application launcher on the desktop for her like on windows. Already was one for Firefox. I set her desktop to not use the KDE transparent dashboard. I also installed VLC on the system so that if anybody sends her a .wmv video or similar, its ready to go and she can view it.
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