Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-09 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
Silvan wrote: On Thursday 08 July 2004 02:37 am, David Baron wrote: There are, as I posted, many decent kids games on linux. Some are specific to KDE (a windows-like desktop for linux), some for Gnome (yet another) and others will work on all X-windows systems. My daughter enjoys Frozen That's a

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-08 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 19:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - How do I allow my little sister to continue to use her windows games? That may be difficult. Can't you find some nice linux games for her? There are many in the packages list. There are, as I posted, many decent kids games on

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:40:52AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:21:43 +0200 Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember WP 5.1. That was fast. I haven't used it for a long time though, so I can't really remember much of the advanced functionality. My dad

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-08 Thread Jacob S.
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:49:00 -0400 Hendrik Boom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:40:52AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:21:43 +0200 Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember WP 5.1. That was fast. I haven't used it for a long time

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread David Baron
My seven-year-old rarely does windows any more. Many decent and free games run on Linux and painting programs similar to those found on windows satisfy her artiistic urge. Tuxpaint is a unique and amazing little program, BTW. Versions of shootemups like Quake also run on Linux for those who

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
Jacob S. wrote: On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:32:57 -0500 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Felix C. Stegerman wrote: I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our (windows 98) family PC. That means my mother, stepfather and little sister (5 years old) will (have to be able

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 04:21:43PM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: Jacob S. wrote: Unfortunately, even OOo is going to be slow for them. Upgrade the ram to at least 256MB, if you can. I'd like to, but I doubt my budget allows me to. But I'll ask them whether they're willing to pay for

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread Jacob S.
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:21:43 +0200 Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember WP 5.1. That was fast. I haven't used it for a long time though, so I can't really remember much of the advanced functionality. My dad (note that my real dad and stepdad are different peoply, and my

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:40:52AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: I remember WP 5.1. That was fast. I haven't used it for a long time though, so I can't really remember much of the advanced functionality. My dad (note that my real dad and stepdad are different peoply, and my real dad does

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-07 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Hi Felix On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:41:01PM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: Hello, As you may have noticed, I accidentally hit the 'send' button instead of the 'save as draft' button, which lead to an incomplete first email in this thread. Here is the complete email. I've recently

Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
Hello, I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our family PC. That means my Mom, Stepdad and little sister (5 years old) will use it. Specifications: CPU: 466MHz Celeron RAM: 128MB DDR PC100 NIC: 3Com 10/100 Drives: hda: 8.4 GB Seagate hdb: 8.4 GB Seagate

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Felix C. Stegerman: I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our family PC. That means my Mom, Stepdad and little sister (5 years old) will use it. Specifications: CPU: 466MHz Celeron RAM: 128MB DDR PC100 NIC: 3Com 10/100 Drives: hda:

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Felix C. Stegerman: snip Uh huh. So? I'd double the RAM and give them a CD/DVD or whatever. I accidentally hit the 'send' button instead of the 'save as draft' button, which lead to an incomplete email. The full email will follow shortly. Regards, Felix -- Felix

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
Hello, As you may have noticed, I accidentally hit the 'send' button instead of the 'save as draft' button, which lead to an incomplete first email in this thread. Here is the complete email. I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our (windows 98) family PC. That

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread Kent West
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our (windows 98) family PC. That means my mother, stepfather and little sister (5 years old) will (have to be able to) use it. Of course, I want to use Debian as the OS, if I can. Specifications:

Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

2004-07-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:32:57 -0500 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Felix C. Stegerman wrote: I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as replacement for our (windows 98) family PC. That means my mother, stepfather and little sister (5 years old) will (have to be able to)