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Comment Re:Evolution (Score 1) 345

What I hate is that Evolution (and its various sub-packages) are part of some other over-arching meta-package like ubuntu-desktop or something like that.

I get worried when I try to uninstall and it says "will need to uninstall ubuntu-desktop as well"

Comment Fear of Technology is the problem (Score 3, Insightful) 1654

The woman is an airhead.

No she isn't. Simply because a person doesn't understand modern PCs doesn't mean she is an airhead. I bet she can do a thousand things you cannot.

Modern computers are complex pieces of equipment that have been stigmatized as "easily breakable" and "something you don't play with." When I was young I would get in so much trouble for playing with the computer because it was expensive and my parents were scared I would screw it up (thank god I ignored them). This leads people do attempt do to *exactly as they are told* when it comes to PCs.

The airheads are the people who don't do what they are told but SAY they did.

This means that if the school tells the girl to use MS Office, she does; insert a disk to install the internet, and she does. no questions asked. if she cant do these things, then she is screwed because she is under the perception that she shouldn't try playing & learning about the computer.

The problem isn't the girl, nor is it dell, nor is it Ubuntu. The problem is society being afraid of technology and being so scared about "screwing it up."

This is what we as nerds/geeks have to fight against. *Stop being afraid of technology people!*

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