Linked by Charles Williams on Wed 16th Apr 2003 04:11 UTC
In the previous article, our computer newbie family, Mike, Diane, Mary and Carla, had decided they wanted GNU/Linux installed on the new family/business computer. Debian, via Libranet 2.0, was installed on the system, with appropriate business/office software, as well as the Gnome desktop environment. The next steps involved getting the system configured for easy use and adding various minor tweaks. Mike, Diane and the kids were not involved during the configuration phase of the system. 
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I found the article rather interesting, but I think the big thing that holds back a lot of people is the install and certain myths about linux. I have a feeling that a lot of people would be confused by even the "user friendly" distro whereas debian! I would be interested to hear the thoughts of some individuals using those lindows based walmart machines. I am told walmart has been selling them for while. Are these people having a good time with their machines? Most tech neophytes don't have a next door neighbor who they can ask about problems they may enconter. I think the moral of the story is that if preinstalled linux boxes were more common I believe that there would be a lot more newbie's using linux.