Jordan Peacock wrote: > I did this for my wife, an old pentium II Compaq. I threw on Ubuntu as > well (its what I use on my machine) and just had to take some time to > set up her particulars; thunderbird with her online courses was the > major hurdle. Similar to your situation, she doesn't game (although > she's developed a taste for frozen bubble) and once the initial > familiarity hurdle was leapt, she was off an away. Every now and again > she might ask me a question but for the most part things take care of > themselves. We've given away that machine to some friends now, and > I've just given her a user on my system. > > Even just giving him this email address (tclug one, not mine > personally) would be as good a reference for him if/when he ever gets > stuck trying to do something new. If his plans are as limited as your > say, I don't see any troubles whatsoever. > > -jordan Thanks for the comments, Jordan. Any idea what the new owners of your Ubuntu system thought of it? I'm afraid that at least for a while, my friend wouldn't even know the questions to ask if he did post on the tc-lug list. Kraig