---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> Date: May 9, 2006 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [tclug-list] PC for the computer-illiterate? To: Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> I gave them a 20-minute tour, and they have my number with orders to call over any questions, but haven't heard from them....so either that's a great sign, or maybe they haven't even turned it on yet! -jordan On 5/9/06, Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060509/8f2db9bd/attachment.htm