<p>My wife has problems even with Windows. She only uses the internet or email...</p>
<p>After haveing some problems with her computer, I had to do major Windows XP maintenance to get it running for her. As an experiment, I installed Mint 8 Helena with a clean desktop with icons for Firefox, Thunderbird and Skype.</p>
<p>It's been over 6 months and she has not realized that she no longer has Windows on her computer. For most people that use computers for minimal routine use, one can easily set up a Linux system that "works" without their having to deal with any need to know what OS is running. Using open source software like Firefox and Thunderbird, which work equally well on multiple OSs, makes selection of an OS minor for those who are not nor have any interest in learning about computers. They want just to accomplish a task and "point and click work the same" no matter what engine lies beneath.</p>
