[UbuntuWomen] Is it so strange for a woman to use linux?

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

Silvia Bindelli wrote:
> Well, I said "ah". I really don't know if I have to be "proud" of this, or 
> what else....any ideas?

I think many people don't realize how "easy" it has become to install
and use many of the Linux distros today. (Insert long rambling story
here about having to patch and compile my own kernel six years ago. We
know times have changed but others might not.) They are probably basing
the comment on their experience using Unix/mainframe computers when they
were an undergrad student and you had to understand LPR just to print in
the computer lab.

Even if it is easier to install Linux these days I would definitely take
the comment as a compliment! It still takes some effort to download and
install (the right distro of) Linux. The fact that you've thought about
the tools you want to use and opted to use something non-standard is
very cool!

Is it possible to turn the comment into an advocacy/outreach for
GNU/Linux software? Is there a common workspace for the group? Would
they be interested in having Linux installed on one of the shared computers?


regards,
emma

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