[olug] Custom building desktop

[Paul Lewis]

I lost my Ubuntu machine in a thunderstorm last year.  Machine hadn't 
been turned off for over 5 years and it was nearly 10 years old as is.  
My wife loved it and she admits not to being tech savvy.  We bought a 
new Win 7 machine and are both wishing to return to Ubuntu as Win 7 is a 
dog compared to XP.  Besides, now we can't work with our SAMBA server, 
web/ftp server.  I think you may be surprised how well she might adapt 
to a Linux machine.  The possibilities are endless and you have a less 
than perfect fall back .

On 4/16/2012 11:38 PM, Chad Homan wrote:
> Not sure if this helps.  But about 2 years ago I mostly moved my mom's
> computer to
> ubuntu.  Overall satisfaction was well received, she still uses it today.
> Pretty much started
> off slow with Firefox and went from there.  It will be interesting when I
> upgrade it to 12.04 in
> regards to unity.
>
> I said mostly because she has a few apps that worked like hell in wine at
> the time.  Haven't
> gone back yet to try the latest wine yet.  Either way, she has learned to
> launch vbox and knows
> how to shut it down.
>
>
> Together We Win!
> --
> Chad
> Creating A More Meaningful Life
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>  wrote:
>
>> Since the currrent computer is running XP, even the switch to Win 7 will
>> likely be a change. So the idea of loading Linux, see how it goes then
>> Windows if need be sounds good.
>>
>>
>> Dan Staehr, President
>> Staehr Media Services
>> 6117 NW 4th Street
>> Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
>> 402-440-5869
>>
>>
>> On 4/16/2012 9:43 PM, Craig Wolf wrote:
>>
>>> You can always purchase the hardware and load Linux on the box.  If
>>> she can't do it, THEN go spend money for Winblows.  You are out
>>> nothing but some time AND the possible positive effects of the open
>>> source world in her life.
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents...
>>>
>>> Craig Wolf
>>> Wolf Computing Services
>>> Omaha, NE 68136
>>> (402)990-3010
>>>
>>> http://www.wolfcs.biz/wcs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Sam Flint<harmonicnm7h at gmail.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> take a look at zorinos, it has windows xp skins and built in
>>>> transparent wine support
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, she's basically been working a Windows environment, IE,
>>>>> Windows
>>>>> Live mail, etc.
>>>>> I'd love to move her away from that if possible, just not sure how much
>>>>> to
>>>>> "push the envelope".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Staehr, President
>>>>> Staehr Media Services
>>>>> 6117 NW 4th Street
>>>>> Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
>>>>> 402-440-5869
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/16/2012 4:54 PM, Matthew Platte wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/16/2012 04:05 PM, Greg Gerke wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For a case like this, with an older non-tech savvy person I'd
>>>>>>> actually be
>>>>>>> leaning towards keeping her with what she already knows and perhaps
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> upgrade the hardware... unless you're planning on being the full time
>>>>>>> tech
>>>>>>> support. ;)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since we're playing "what if", I'll just ask: how much of "what she
>>>>>> already knows" does she actually already know?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm predicting that her knowledge is sufficiently minimal that changing
>>>>>> the OS and desktop will not significantly increase the confusion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Especially if she's already using Thunderbird/Firefox then she would
>>>>>> already have observed that none of her software is static; that it's
>>>>>> always
>>>>>> changing, especially over in Blogger/Googleland where, once again, some
>>>>>> jackhat decided that Javascript everywhere is far, far preferable to a
>>>>>> browser back button that actually works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... But perhaps I've slipped into another, unrelated rant....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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