@rgegriff @OneInterestingFact Yes, mostly because his needs are Firefox and Thunderbird, and not a lot else. I, too, prefer OS X over Windows, because a browser and terminal are more or less all I want; Apple have that covered tolerably well.

@rgegriff 'Umm, my computer isn't working too well, and I need something better. What's this Linux thing you keep talking about?'

My father, about 20y ago.

It's OK. I pointed him at OS X -- he's been happy since...