Hi Guys!

 

I've only recently started to watch your show and I'm sad that I didn't find you sooner :)

 

I've got two questions for you - the first of which is more of a community question.

I am in a talent program for a large telecommunications company and one of my tasks is to develop a unique product or customer experience, something that makes people go "wow, that's cool" and preferably something the competition doesn't already do.

So as a long-time Linux (and currently completely Windows-free) user I naturally wanted to give it a GNU/Linux and open-source spin.

 

My first idea was to make sure all 3G/4G sticks were made to be Linux compatible as I have recently had problems with such sticks myself - is this something the userbase would be interested in?

 

And are there any other ideas that I could propose? It would be great if I could help to bring Linux to the attention of the higher-ups, if only a little.

Keep in mind that this company does not actually manufacture any products, it's a cellphone carrier and an ISP. Also, if it's a truly big idea it is very unlikely I can actually make it happen - think subtle but cool.

 

My next, totally unrelated question:

My mother, who is a complete computer novice, has asked me to give her some pointers and introduce her to working on a PC; I need a very user-friendly and stable environment where she doesn't have to use a terminal or even sudo at all.

 

I am an Arch user myself so I don't really know what to get - I am thinking Mint or Ubuntu, any other suggestions?

 

Thanks a lot and keep up the good work,

 

Philipp