I sort of sympathise. Maybe you need to teach him "apt-get install . ." in the command shell...
Six years is very young.. but today I saw a boy in a pram playing with some sort of game device.. he's a boy.. apt-get is a boys toy really.. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Steven Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi sluggers, > > quick background to problem: > > My son (6 yrs old) has been running Ubuntu for over a year, he keeps it up > to date and installs games himself through the use of software center. > As he has been an independent user capable of selecting and installing the > software *he* wants, it would be very sad if he had to start relying on me. > So now we come to the problem ..... with the inevitable move to from gnome2 > to Unity or Gnome3, we looked at what environment he might like to choose. > He decided he would like to use KDE, which may have been influenced by the > fact that it is the choice I made, but never the less that is what he has > chosen. > For some reason there is a huge issue with Kubuntu and his hardware that I > have given up trying to fix, so I have installed Debian (wheezy) and we both > absolutely love it. The problem is it does not come with something like > software center on KDE, and he is not about to start using apt! (least not > till next year). > > Synaptic is not as simple as software center, I have read that there are > issues getting software center running on Debian Wheezy, and if at all > possible I would prefer a Qt/KDE solution. > > I have seen online Muon, which looks exactly like what I am after, easy > software selection, integrated update notifier etc. But is not yet in > Debian. > > Has anyone else come across this issue and found a suitable solution? > We are sticking with KDE, are open to changing distro (but prefer not to) > and would like relatively up to date software but not bleeding edge (so > probably not Fedora or at the other end Debian stable). > > Thanks in advance > > Tuxta > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html<http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
