Switching My Dad to Linux--Part Two - Computerworld

As mentioned in my last posting, I'm not a very good Linux evangelist. I don't try and convert family and friends to Linux.

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I set his new Ubuntu 9.04 install to update automatically and invisibly (System > Administration > Software Sources, and make the selection under the Updates tab). Very few system updates under Ubuntu require a reboot. That's just not the way Linux works. If the update does require a reboot, it can wait until the computer is shutdown at the end of the session. My father certainly won't be nagged by a pop-up dialog box that won't take no for an answer. The end result is that I sleep safe at night knowing that my father's computer is as secure as it can be. He gets invisible security. That's how it should be.

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