Re: Most recently a couple in their 60' s who installed Linux Mint without assistance
"Many over-60s went through the hell of fighting with DOS config files and Windows 3/3.1.
Don't underestimate the technical skills of that generation."
^Exactly! Getting an XT-compatible box to accept that you had swapped one of the two 5.25" 360kB floppy drives for an 3.5" 720kB drive and put in a 20MB HDD could take some time.
Reminded me of a line from 'Titus': "Once you've driven your drunk dad to mom's parole hearing - what else is there?"