David Johnson wrote: > Hi all > I have been using Ubuntu only for a few years and love it even though I > struggle sometimes. > My dad is a stubborn old farmer who holds only contempt for technology > and computers. I would like to know if there is an absolutely basic > reliable low interactivity OS that I could put on an old computer so I > can lure him into the world of internet etc through things like weather > sites live cattle sales or other things that might interest him. > any suggestion along these lines would be appreciated > regards David
>From the brief description it sounds like all he needs is an internet portal, rather than a a true "operating system" of sorts. A standard Ubuntu install with nothing but a Firefox icon on the desktop (and Flash/Java/Adblock-plus pre-installed for him) sounds like it would be more than enough. My mother was quite anti-tech for many years. In the same fashion, I started her off very simply. The trick was to wait for her to ask for a feature, and slowly introduce her to it (now she does all her finances, photo editing, music editing and other things happily on her PC). Bombarding anti-tech people with a desktop full of whiz-bang features will only make them want to run for the hills. Slowly, slowly. -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
