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From: T i m on 29 May 2010 10:41 On Sat, 29 May 2010 15:30:19 +0100, djmaizels(a)mac.com (Debbie Wilson) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> And that is different to just someone who isn't particularly good >> with technology isn't it. > >Yes - she actively dislikes having to use it, but sees it as a necessary >evil. > >> Assuming you aren't already familiar with it all and still feel some >> obligation for the fine mess you got her into ..<g> go here and >> download the .iso file. >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/ > >Thanks for the suggestion. I had a look at the site and while it does >appear easy to set up and use (to me) I feel it may just open another >can of worms, and I will be providing support for yet another OS which I >understand even less than Windows. I would have to set it up here as >well so when she rings to ask how to do or access something, I can look >it up here and tell her. Well yes, but last thought if I may. With the LiveCD and a fair wind there is NO setting up as such. She would be able to (say) browse the web simply by clicking on the Firefox icon. > Easier all round if she does what she says she >wants to do, and reverts to using a Mac - either iPad or MacBook. Quite possibly, however I can's see it getting much easier than booting from a CD and clicking an icon. ;-) >Thanks anyway - No probs, just trying help you both make use of the kit she had etc. Good luck either way. ;-) T i m
From: Jim on 29 May 2010 10:43 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >Yes, the key word here is 'technophobic' :-) > > And that is different to just someone who isn't particularly good > with technology isn't it. Yes. It's not just someone who is technologically inept, it's someone who is actively scared of technology. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: T i m on 29 May 2010 10:51 On 29 May 2010 14:33:44 GMT, jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >FWIW I'd say that giving ANY current Linux to someone who is scared of >computers would be a bit like giving a mountain lion to someone who's >scared of cats. > But as a free, test, durable solution when the existing hardware won't run anything better (for her use of the term) it could be worth a look? My point was Debs friend could *try* the LiveCD. Boot, click Firefox, browse the web. (If then installed) it also wouldn't be as vulnerable to viruses etc so she wouldn't have to get involved in 'all that' .... one less thing to worry about etc. I wasn't suggesting it as the ultimate solution, I was offering it as a free and simple near-hands-off experiment that would use some existing hardware <shrug>. Cheers, T i m
From: T i m on 29 May 2010 10:55 On Sat, 29 May 2010 15:43:17 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> >Yes, the key word here is 'technophobic' :-) >> >> And that is different to just someone who isn't particularly good >> with technology isn't it. > >Yes. It's not just someone who is technologically inept, it's someone >who is actively scared of technology. > Indeed, so what could be better (with the existing hardware) to effectively make that as automatic and bullet proof as possible? *Any* OS installed on dynamic storage is vulnerable to issues so running one from CD removes that 'problem'. Even if Debs mate was to get an iPad it has been suggested she still wouldn't be free from that problem as she would (probably) have to run or have access to a 'real computer' to do some stuff with it. So, rather than getting into further difficulty and cost I though a free / simple experiment might have *some* merits? Obviously I was wrong. Cheers, T i m
From: David Kennedy on 29 May 2010 13:00
jim wrote: > Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>>> A book under the top edge? >>> >>> Might just work :-) >> >> It usually does, with laptops. This is similar, just a bit smaller. >> >> Not too thick; a paperback should do it. > > Could do with something that would hold it near vertical. > > Jim I thought you had a wife already? -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |