Am Mittwoch, 1. Februar 2006 16:02 schrieb Mathias Homann: > Hi, > > > I've got a serious question for you guys: > > Would you say that "opensuse 10.x/ppc on an old g3 or g4 mac" is a good > idea for someone who has NO computer experience at all, and is ... well, > old. > > Background: A computer for my mom, to send mails and browse the web. > She has no experience with computers at all, so no matter what i give her, > i'll have to do support for it. > And right now I might be able to wrestle an old mac (g3 or g4 i think) out > of the greedy hands of my companies basement storeroom where it sits > unused, collecting dust (and maybe worse). And since I have no clue about > macos, it will most likely be running opensuse/ppc + KDE 3.5.x. > > Ist that a good idea, or am I digging my own grave here?
_IF_ you want your mom using a computer then in my opinion a Linux-Computer will be the best choice. I don't know how opensuse runs on a Mac machine, but if it runs like on a PC i guess you'll have to do less support than ith another OS, because Linux appears much more "logical" to me it let's you decide what and how you want to install. I just installed opensuse on an old laptop for my 70 yrs young mother some weeks ago. Althoug I've made a quite full install I removed "everything" from the desktop, just leaving an icon for Kmail, Mozilla and OpenOffice-Writer. In Kmail I also removed all the icons from the menues she probably would not use. I can still bring them back if necessary. I explained only the "musts" and told her to use only the program icons and ignore the other menus. As you can see, I am still alive :-) Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
