> 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.
Hi David, I've got Ubuntu set up on a number of 'senior persons' computers. All I do is disable automatic backups, set a nice colour scheme, and then put their most commonly used programs as icons on the top panel. This seems to work just fine. I've also got one machine running Xubuntu - the same basic system, but the 'desktop' is more basic. You can install Xubuntu packages into your existing system by adding the 'xubuntu-desktop' package through Synaptic. Then you can use the 'session' function on the login screen to choose which desktop you want to use. You might also want to look at http://www.linux.org/dist/ and you can see a list of different linux options, including minimalist. Good luck and let us know what you decide! Cheers Callan -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
