my sugestion, purchase a powerpack from the mandrake store, to be delivered to his house, explain how to get the computer to boot from a CD, and point him to this list..... thats about all... and don't forget, 50 ain't that old (sheeeeesh).
On Monday 06 May 2002 08:17 am, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I was chatting with my dad the other night about his adventures with > Windows XP. He starts out with "Man, I hate Microsoft!" > > :-D > > Ok, so now what? I mentioned Mandrake to him and he seems interested... > However, I don't know where to point him. What applications should I > suggest? And for support, should I just point him to this list? He knows > just enough to be dangerous (would "Interactive Bastille" help with that? - > you know, something to protect yourself from yourself)... Unfortunately he > doesn't live local so I couldn't set it up for him (unless somehow over the > net?). I'm very much a newbie to this operating system, and Linux and > general. But if you have any ideas how to help the process of a 50 year > old Dad interested in a Microsoft alternative, please let me know. Thanks!
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