The problem is, as I've been flamed for before, Linux is still nowhere near the point where a non-techie will consider adopting it. Although it's much better than it was even a few years ago, it's still not an idiot-friendly OS where things 'just work', compared to what people are used to.
I should scroll down and read all the responses because I'd bet money there are 20 comments just like the one I'm about to make.
While I was at work this last Christmas break my twelve-year-old daughter found my old 800 PIII with 512m of RAM and a ten gig hard drive in the basement. She took it and an old 15 inch CRT monitor up to her room.
From the time I left for work (730) to the time I got home (1800) She had formated the HD, installed Ubuntu, got the old Linksys B USB wireless up and running and was surfing the net when I walked in the door...
My wife demanded I remove the computer because my daughter hadn't asked if she could have a computer with Internet in her room...
Anyone know of a good netnanny for Linux?
Oh and the woman suing, is obviously dumb or lazy.