AnUnusualRelic

Aren't they going to have to learn Linux anyway?

Depending on what they're supposed to use them for, they can most likely use refurbished hardware without issues. That's unless they have to use them to do some really heavy lifting, but that's unlikely.

Back when I started Linux, poking at the system was fun and exciting (also you had to poke at the system anyway if you wanted to run anything). Now, I just want it out of the way and convenient.

I understand that newcomers might feel that they want to touch everything because it's all new and shiny, but I think the OS ought to be a creature of the shadows.

But what if there's some unusual activity?

It comes from way before French. Some tribe, Celts, or whatever, call them Gauls, although it doesn't really mean anything other that "people who live in that area according to the Romans", counted in twenties. And that's one of the things they've left us. For better or for worse.

Kazakhstan: 30%
Niger: 25%
Canada: 20%
Australia: 15%
Russia: 10%

The house certainly isn't 5 minutes from the beach, the beach might be 5 minutes from the house though.

Can you call it a major browser though? Maybe.

In the US, k could stand for 1042 or something, who can tell?

(it's the number of thumbs that fit in a half barrel btw)

Since there are only two major browsers... one of which admittedly wears many disguises.

So is it poor design or cases where users didn't put batteries in?

It should have, but Microsoft managed to change it at the last minute.