Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethical dillema about Trisquel GNU'LINUX. In need of the community response.

[onpon4]

Not wanting to spend money because the computer is old. Sounds like my mom.  
If you're feeling charitable, you could offer to buy something for him, but  
that might not be something you can do.

Try mentioning this: if a new component is bought, it can be used on future  
laptops and other computers in addition to his current laptop, so it isn't a  
waste. That can be said about a lot of components, actually, and it's kind of  
odd that people don't seem to notice this. Perhaps to make this argument work  
(since some laptops are difficult to open up), a USB adapter would make more  
sense, but that depends on how easy it is to put a new wireless card into  
your friend's laptop.