Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Duncan Anderson
There should be no problem. The lady in question is a computer newbie. She will most likely want to use email and word-processing initially, so there should be absolutely no issue, since all such programs are standard on Mandrake at no extra charge. Most importantly, she will not have to

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: There should be no problem. The lady in question is a computer newbie. She will most likely want to use email and word-processing initially, so there should be absolutely no issue, since all such programs are standard on Mandrake at

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Rick Kunath
On Saturday 22 January 2005 03:42 pm, JR wrote: I think what I'll do is make her windows environment as linux-like as possiblel firefox, thunderbird and so forth. Then I'll install linux (she has plenty of disk space) and show her how easy it is. She will always have the choice - but she

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: There should be no problem

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:05 am, Rick Kunath wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 03:42 pm, JR wrote: I think what I'll do is make her windows environment as linux-like as possiblel firefox, thunderbird and so forth. Then I'll install linux (she has plenty of disk space) and show her how

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:28:46 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 03:02, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so on. I'm

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 12:33 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 03:02, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so

[newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-21 Thread JR
My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so on. I'm thinking of installing mdk10.1 on it and getting everything working, but she knows nothing

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 21 January 2005 10:02 pm, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so on. I'm thinking of installing mdk10.1 on it and getting

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-21 Thread JR
On Friday 21 January 2005 05:12 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 10:02 pm, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-21 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 22:12, Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 10:02 pm, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so on.

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 21 January 2005 08:43 pm, Paul wrote: On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 22:12, Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 10:02 pm, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the