securitybreach Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 A 16-year-old boy recently asked the r/Linux community for advice. When his parents discovered that he'd reloaded his laptop with Linux, they were horrified—after all, this "free" software must certainly be riddled with viruses and/or hackers. It didn't help matters any that he'd "ruined" an expensive gift, and was no longer using some of the expensive software that had been purchased with it. He tried to talk to them about it, but it was tough—he was the teenager; they were the adults. With the help of information and advice from the Reddit community, that young man talked to his parents again and helped set most of their concerns to rest. The open letter you're reading right now is for the other parents out there who have discovered their children are using free and open source software, and aren't sure what it is, or whether using it is a good idea....... https://opensource.c...600000011jJaAAI 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 As I've mentioned previously, the grandkids fight over who's going to play games on the Linux desktop, because it's so much snappier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Stupid parents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Stupid parents. Yeah, well there is a lot of FUD out there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hehe that one always seems to fit so many various types of Linux posts... I love xkcd!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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securitybreach Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hehehe, I forgot about that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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