Tommy Eaton wrote: > Hi all,<> > > <> > > I was chatting with my dad the other night about his adventures with > Windows XP. He starts out with "Man, I hate Microsoft!" <> > > <> > > :-D<> > > <> > > Ok, so now what? I mentioned Mandrake to him and he seems > interested... However, I don't know where to point him. What > applications should I suggest? And for support, should I just point > him to this list? He knows just enough to be dangerous (would > "Interactive Bastille" help with that? - you know, something to > protect yourself from yourself)... Unfortunately he doesn't live > local so I couldn't set it up for him (unless somehow over the net?). > I'm very much a newbie to this operating system, and Linux and > general. But if you have any ideas how to help the process of a 50 > year old Dad interested in a Microsoft alternative, please let me > know. Thanks!<> > > <> > Have him get the 8.2 PowerPack or if he can download, get the download edition and join Mandrake Club at Tier 2 or higher. Also, he can join mandrakeonline to get answers to questions from mandrakeexpert as well as here.
Apps, well Open Office is a reasonable alternative for spreadsheets and Word processing and presentations. LyX can run circles around Miscosoft Publisher but does have a significant learning curve. Quanta+ is reasonably easy to use and standards compliant for making web pages. Xine will play DVDs and will work better if he chooses to become an outlaw and download forbidden software to play the encrypted ones. Xmms is unmatched with all its plugins for the music fans, except the linux kernel could be better designed to handle sound. Civileme
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