Slide 12
Slide 12 text
Open Source is Easy!
“The
hard
drive
on
one
of
our
reference
desk
PCs
died
today.
I
threw
in
a
new
one,
but
I
didn't
feel
like
spending
the
day
siing
through
Windows
updates,
so
I
loaded
Ubuntu
11.04
on
it
instead.
The
install,
as
I'm
sure
you
know,
only
took
about
15
minutes.
Now,
before
I
add
my
next
point,
keep
in
mind
that
I
manage
a
staff
whose
average
age
is
about
63.
No
joke.
Most
of
them
have
been
working
at
my
facility
longer
than
I've
been
alive.
SEll,
once
I
had
Ubuntu
up
and
running,
they
were
literally
fighEng
over
who
got
to
use
the
new
operaEng
system.
They
loved
it
that
much.
Now
I
agree,
Linux
kicks
buQ.
I
use
it
about
80%
of
the
Eme.
Typing
to
you
on
Mint
right
now!
However,
I
never
expected
novice
users
to
take
to
it
so
quickly.
Please,
next
Eme
you
do
an
open
source
webinar,
impress
on
your
aQendees
that
libraries
aren't
sacrificing
a
thing
by
switching
over
to
open
source
soCware.
If
anything,
open
source
operaEng
systems
and
applicaEons
can
be
far
more
user
friendly
for
the
novice
user
than
Windows
will
ever
be...”
-‐-‐
Mark
at
the
The
Rahway
Public
Library
Friday, March 1, 13