[TriLUG] Linux for the home user

[Alan Porter]

My mom wanted me to make her laptop "more secure"...
she was concerned about viruses and spyware.  So I
installed Ubuntu on her machine.  At first, she was not
very happy.  But I noticed that her main complaint was
with the ugly "dirty smear on the wall" wallpaper.  So
I downloaded some random picture of a tropical beach
to use as a wallpaper, and now she's happy.  It's funny
how some simple little details like that can influence
a new user.

Alan