On Monday 06 May 2002 1:17 pm, Tommy Eaton 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!
You might like to consider getting him on Lycoris Linux. Just 1 install CD and it installs just one application of each type. It is supposed to be easier for the total newbie who is not going to want to tinker with all the exotic stuff available in mandrake. As for configuring his system over the net, sure you can do that. Just get him to install webmin and you can log into his system and configure it. (You will need to know his IP address) derek
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