Just before Christmas my mother (she is in her 80's) told me she was interested getting a laptop, and asked for my help in picking one out.
She has NEVER used a computer before. The last piece of electronics that she used besides the television was an IBM Selectric typewriter.
My son volunteered an old Acer laptop he had that needed an OS loaded. I loaded Ubuntu 8.04 on it, set up a connection on the DSL that my father uses and gave her 1 afternoon of instruction on the laptop.
My wife gave her 3 hours of additional instruction and she is now happily looking up her family ancestry on the internet. She's using Pidgin to communicate with more computer-literate family members, emailing her friends and surfing the 'net.
Yes, she's having a little trouble using the touchpad, and asks for assistance now and then, but overall I think she's having a good time enjoying the functions and features that the computer has to offer.
Oh, and she is interested in much more than just pictures of her grand kids!
Of COURSE the bulk of the emails would come with Obama's name in the subject line - everyone knows McCain is computer illiterate!
Oh, and very few care to hear about McCain anyway.
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"The idea that this is proof that Linux violated any Unix copyrights is totally absurd."
Since we're dealing with SCO here, I think instead of "totally absurd" you meant to say "patently ridiculous".
FTFY!
"People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence."
Simon and Garfunkel, 1966
They saw it coming!
It's already been designed. . . Mega Maid! http://leaningstraightup.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/megamaid.jpg
Just before Christmas my mother (she is in her 80's) told me she was interested getting a laptop, and asked for my help in picking one out. She has NEVER used a computer before. The last piece of electronics that she used besides the television was an IBM Selectric typewriter. My son volunteered an old Acer laptop he had that needed an OS loaded. I loaded Ubuntu 8.04 on it, set up a connection on the DSL that my father uses and gave her 1 afternoon of instruction on the laptop. My wife gave her 3 hours of additional instruction and she is now happily looking up her family ancestry on the internet. She's using Pidgin to communicate with more computer-literate family members, emailing her friends and surfing the 'net. Yes, she's having a little trouble using the touchpad, and asks for assistance now and then, but overall I think she's having a good time enjoying the functions and features that the computer has to offer. Oh, and she is interested in much more than just pictures of her grand kids!
Anybody else read Zebulon Brodie and think Zaphod Beeblebrox?
Maybe you should ask Sarah Palin? She seems to know right off the top of her head!
Of COURSE the bulk of the emails would come with Obama's name in the subject line - everyone knows McCain is computer illiterate! Oh, and very few care to hear about McCain anyway.
Bring me a SHRUBBERY!
Has an amicus curiae been filed in Michigan? Would that be you, NYCL, or would it need to be a group like the EFF or some other?
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." -- Albert Einstein
I, for one, am currently downloading every distribution of Linux I can get my hands on!