Oldest Linux Mint user?

[erichalfb]

Hi everyone and season's greetings from Sydney Australia

Not using Linux Mint myself yet but my dad is. He turned 100 in September 2015, a veteran of World War 2 (RAAF Radar, SW Pacific), and later IBM and Burroughs mainframes. He tried Puppy Linux first and after playing with that for a while was keen to install Linux Mint. We installed it together as dual boot on his old Windows XP PCin June 2015. He continues to be an enthusiastic Mint user and logs on most days. He orders his groceries and pays his bills using Firefox, and sends and receives his emails in Tbird. We were wondering if there was an older Mint user out there?

[jimallyn]

I'm gonna guess that your father takes the prize.

[tenfoot]

He has to be the oldest! I'm a mere 84+ and hope to get to the magic ton

[Crewp]

I feel like the oldest, does that count?

Seriously, I think that is awesome about your father, my mom is 80, and she is using Linux Mint also.

[lexon]

The older one has got me beat by a lot. I will be only 75 next April. Still dating, bicycle riding and dancing.
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[Rocky Bennett]

Congratulations to your Father. 100 is a milestone and he must be the oldest Mint user.

[3fRI]

At 100 yrs., he may be the oldest Linux user period!

[GreyGeek]

Who is "he"?

[Moem]

My guess would be: the person mentioned in the original post.

[GreyGeek]

My guess would be: the person mentioned in the original post.

That's the problem. No one was mentioned in the OP.

[Fred Barclay]

Not using Linux Mint myself yet but my dad is.

Looks like a mention to me.

[GreyGeek]

Mmm ... I see one page of five posts. The first post states:

At 100 yrs., he may be the oldest Linux user period!

[Fred Barclay]

One page of five posts?

[GreyGeek]

One page of five posts?

Now 8 counting my previous post, yours and this.

[Alley Cat]

One page of five posts?

Now 8 counting my previous post, yours and this.

I see 15 counting this reply of mine.

[BigEasy]

Probably old Linux Mint users here in topic.

[Fred Barclay]

Okay, GreyGeek, I have to admit I'm confused. The original post mentions the OP's father, who is over 100. That's who the (possibly) oldest Mint user is.
Of course a legal name isn't given, but there again, I doubt that few if any of us give out our legal names here. I'm pretty sure your's isn't Grey Geek.

So what part is unclear to you?

[GreyGeek]

Okay, GreyGeek, I have to admit I'm confused. The original post mentions the OP's father, who is over 100. That's who the (possibly) oldest Mint user is.
Of course a legal name isn't given, but there again, I doubt that few if any of us give out our legal names here. I'm pretty sure your's isn't Grey Geek.

So what part is unclear to you?

Operator error.
I noticed that my display option was set to show only the last month of posts. Changing it to display all posts cleared up my confusion.

[Fred Barclay]

That would be confusing, wouldn't it?

[GreyGeek]

That would be confusing, wouldn't it?

At 74 getting confused seems to be a lot easier than it used to be!
So is forgetting