oh man, my advice would be don't get into it. it's been my experience that once you setup a computer for someone, it becomes your problem for LIFE!<br>adding linux into the equation is just asking for pain. what happens when his kids send him a latest version wmv files in his email and he can't play it? phone call to you.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Antoine</b> <<a href="mailto:pma-la@milleng.com.au">pma-la@milleng.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Folks,<br><br>In deference to everyone's desire for on-topic content, I proffer the<br>following conundrum:<br><br>I have been approached by an acquaintance who wishes to connect to the<br>Internet for the first time. He's 60+ year old pensioner and
<br>computer-illiterate, though his kids/grandkids are not of course. He's<br>also cheap... and wants a computer for $300.<br><br>No problem I thought. I have lots of old PIII bits lying around which<br>will happily run Ubuntu, and another friend of his has donated a screen,
<br>keyboard and mouse.<br><br>I want him to run Ubuntu so he doesn't have to buy an M$ license for XP<br>(Win98 is now no longer supported with fixes) and to help him avoid the<br>worries of malware, spyware and viruses.
<br><br>Now here's the rub: I don't want to have to teach/support him as I<br>simply don't have the time. I'd like his kids/grandkids to be able to<br>do that for him, but am afraid that their unfamiliarity with Ubuntu will
<br>make them ineffective in that regards.<br><br>Ideas? Suggestions? I await your collective wisdom...<br><br>Paul Antoine<br>_______________________________________________<br>PLUG discussion list: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">
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