On Thursday 03 May 2007 1:40 pm, Jonathan Bell wrote: **** lots snippeted **** > are left behind. My mother is a perfect example... she > refers to a "log in" as a "screen" and the computer itself > as the "hard drive". When I had to put together a > replacement PC for her, I set up a single-desktop Kubuntu > installation with a links on the desktop to KPPP, Firefox > and Thunderbird renamed to "Internet", "Web" and "E-mail" > respectively. > > You want simple users? I picked up a PC last week that the > users threw out because the mouse wasn't working. I cleaned > the mouseball... hey presto the machine's working like a > dream. > </My2c>
Well brother i've gotta story to tell :) My wife is TOTAL PC illiterate!!! (well bit more now she knows how to login etc under linux & if i told her to start up MS i think she'd bork at it). I used to use win98 moved to win2k now on linux :) When my wife started to show an interest in emailing and browsing i was using linux as my main OS (drop less and less to win2k now) anyway ... Get this you guys with wifes who know windows will hate me. When ever i am on win2k and she wants to email she grows why can't you stay on the other system!! I asked her once why and she said it's because i can do things quicker in that that windows, she replied that she feels more comfortable using it than windows. I retort but if you want to email just login via the ISP webmail and write your email, then i get the just do as i say look and hands on my hips. see it's all about bringing them up in the RIGHT enviroment hehehehe. dave.
