From my experience (and I just loaded up my newly installed 2007 Hacker Edition OS on my 770), 95% or more of the Install buttons work. I only ran into one problem, but others noted it and the workaround (while not fun and possibly beyond her means) wasn't too bad. If you have experience with Linux, forgive the following... if not, read on. There are a lot of things that don't work. There are a lot of things that require workarounds that make you think they're just sloppiness on the part of the developer. I've worked with developers and programmers (there's a difference) for about 7 yrs now and there is the type that thinks "Well, everyone must have that application repository installed, so I won't include it in the .Install file."... they can't fathom somebody not doing something just like them. You get the same thing with Windows apps, but we've come to expect a standard of headaches with Windows and accept it. Linux gets held to a much higher standard and gets a thrashing from people because of it. That nonsensical rant done, most of the apps will work out of the box and I think as she uses the tablet more, she'll be more inclined to tinker around with it even if she's never done that before. The second people tend to see their computer's screen on the tablet via VNC for the first time they'll undoubtedly mutter 'COOL!'.