Hi Alan, I'll stick the same thing on the Etherpad, but I just wanted to drop in this comment...
How will you be supporting it? I've set up machines for my dad and aunt, both of whom are very remote (They both live >3 hours away). Both are using Ubuntu, and I've set up OpenVPN to my home machine, and then vino (with a password) and SSH. With this, I can connect and run updates to their packages, and walk them through stuff over the phone without needing to trek down to them. Using OpenVPN means that even if their ISP tells them to reset the router (had that one) or their router blows up (that one too), I can still get onto their systems as soon as it's connected back to the internet. Another unexpected bonus was when my Aunt's last laptop was stolen, I was able to tell the police a rough time of when it went - as that was the last time my system saw her machine connected! -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs On 21 May 2011 09:40, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > My friend had this conversation with her Dad:- > > Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my > computer" > Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it" > Dad: "Okay, will he install Linux on it for me?" > Friend: "I'll ask." > > So I have sat in front of me a laptop computer:- > > Specs:- > > Dell Inspiron 6400. > Intel Dual Core Pentium T2060 CPU at 1.6GHz > 2GiB RAM > 60GB Hard disk > Intel GMA 945 video card > DVD Read/write drive > The usual other ports you'd expect, VGA, USBxlots, sound, SD etc. > Media playback buttons. > > I agreed to wipe windows off (he doesn't care about what's on there at > the moment) and install Ubuntu. I also agreed to a couple of hours of > hand-holding to get him started. As far as I can tell he has no > experience of Ubuntu or any other Linux distro. > > I'm currently backing up the Windows XP hard disk to an external drive > he provided, and will start a clean install of Ubuntu later. Wondering > what to install. 10.04 LTS or 11.04 with Unity 3D or 2D? > > I'm open to listen to suggestions for what to do, and what extra apps > to install. I figured it might be useful for others. I'm keeping track > of stuff in an etherpad document:- > > http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/PCForFriend > > I welcome discussion / suggestions either here on the list or in that > document. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
