Just a thought, the Ubuntu install CD does have a live environment that would allow someone to access the remote desktop during the initial install process. Assuming the remote party can boot to a DVD and has access to the internet one could then use TeamViewer, vnc, etc to do a remote assisted install?
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/15/2014 08:57 AM, Bobby Sanders wrote: > >> I live in Texas. I have a friend in Brownsville, TN, who is disabled >> and wants to run Linux on his computer. He uses his computer mostly for >> gaming and browsing. He is currently running a Windows platform. I am >> reluctant to try to help him install, eve Ubuntu, over the phone. Does >> anyone know of anyone near him that would be willing to visit with him >> and help him get linux up and running? (Will need to take iso with you. >> If he installs Unbuntu I can probably help him with that over phone and >> remote sharing. He has huge medical bills and will not be able to pay >> for this help.) >> >> Thanks for your time and consideration. BTW, I belong to the NTLUG and >> we have an "install fest" once a month preceding the main meeting where >> people can bring their computers and get free help with the installation >> of Linux. >> >> Bobby Sanders >> >> > Thanks for looking up NLUG, Bobby. The question you ask is something we'd > like to be able to help with. I call to your attention that Brownsville TN > is much closer to Memphis than Nashville though I have not checked on the > status of GOLUM (Group of Linux Users Memphis) in a long time. For us, > there'd be a 2-3 hour drive to get to Brownsville TN. Okay maybe Dallas to > Brownsville TX is an overstatement but.... :) > > Crazy as it sounds, I did an over-the-phone install of Mandrake years ago > with a customer in Mexico. That distro at the time took 3 or 4 CDs. At > least with the current Ubuntu, one DVD (of 1.? GB) does the trick. Or you > could send your friend an installer USB stick. > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
