As I mentioned last time (16 Aug 2011) I live near Blenheim, but I have friends and rellies in CHC. This is a request on behalf of another one, Peter.
He had his (small) business red-zoned some time ago, along with his (Win XP) accounts computer and the Suse 9.1 machine that I set up for him to do emails and web browsing. He was using Woosh for broadband. He is not at all computer-literate, so he didn't have any Windows preconceptions - the receptionist used the XP machine. He was making some progress using the linux machine, and I was going to come down and update it to a more recent version. Then various quakes struck. He's not used either computer for a year - couldn't get them out of the building for six months. He got a standard laptop so he could use it at home with a new set of Woosh gear, but he's never been able to get that going with Windows. He is perfectly happy to use linux, but I don't think I can support him from here, given the circumstances. What he needs is someone (or some organisation) to install (say) Ubuntu or Mint on the laptop and get him connected via the Woosh gear (which is a router, so no ppp needed) so he can collect and send emails and use the web. Dual-boot would be good because he does need to play (non-commercial) DVDs on it and it would need to be proven that that can be done with linux. This support is not necessarily expected to be free. And it may later involve reconstructing more of a network/sorting out backups and the rest. But at the moment, it's an installation and a bit of hand-holding. I don't think there is any legacy stuff to worry about because he's not used the computers for a long while. Any volunteers, or suggestions? cheers ant -- Sent from my linux system running Debian 6, desktop trinity-KDE. This email is plain text, not HTML. Any attachments are either .jpeg or .pdf _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
