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Grandmom’s Guide to the Asus Eee PC
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| Well, my itsy bitsy teeny weenie seven inch Asus Eee PC finally arrived with
| the relatives visiting for fiesta season. I had bought it in the US six
| months ago, but it was back-ordered and not delivered on time. So my grandson
| Luke has been using it in the meanwhile.
|
| I bought THIS ONE at Amazon…selling for $360 or so.
|
| This is the one with only a five gig flash drive and a seven inch screen. It
| also uses Ubuntu, not windows. No problem.
|
| [...]
|
| Addendum: When my granddaughter saw that ASUS was now selling in the
| Philippines she wants one…
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http://www.bloggernews.net/115820
Babies, grandmas and Linux
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| The bonus was the tech-savvy grandson was no longer dealing with Windows
| support issues. Instead, Grandma now lets him know about any issues (like the
| time the bootup selection somehow served up the text mode :0), and he can
| more efficiently handle them with his own Linux know-how and machine.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/05/19/babies-grandmas-and-linux/
To Market, To Market
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| On the other end of the spectrum, there's the call for the
| ubiquitous "Desktop"--the be-all, end-all interface that everyone, including
| our grandmothers, can use instead of the hated Windows products.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/05/to-market-to-ma.html
Sorry if this offends someone. It's just a gathering around a common theme, not
a suggestion that gender and/or age have anything to do with it.
Related:
Linux for your grandmother?
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| I’m going with Kubuntu (my favorite desktop) although Opensuse is really nice
| for newbies to understand. Also, if you are going to try this project please
| use the OpenDNS servers for DNS so kids don’t end up on the wrong sites.
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http://blog.banksnetworking.com/2007/08/31/linux-for-your-grandmother/
Making My Grandparents Leet Linux Users - Part 2
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| Thunderbird, along with Firefox, are overkill for most Grandparents. Simpler
| applications would be easier to use. Epiphany is a good Firefox replacement,
| but I am not familiar with any other lighter-weight email clients.
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http://tomdryer.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/19/making-my-grandparents-leet-linux-users-part-2/
Cutting the Velvet Chain
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| *Ed does what the "safe mode" help screen tells him to do. He finds and calls
| the number.
|
| *Ed stays on hold for 73 minutes using a toll number because he was told the
| hold time on the 800 number would be 30.
|
| *Ed reaches a tech support agent for his system and is asked a string of
| questions no casual computer user can answer.
|
| *After 49 minutes on the phone with the tech support agent, he is told that
| his system is broken and he must reinstall.
|
| *Ed dutifully holds while he is transferred and then reaches someone who
| convinces him that Vista is indeed his solution.
|
| *Ed dutifully goes to CompUSA to purchase Microsoft Vista.
|
| *Ed finds a sales person and inquires about Vista.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/262-Cutting-the-Velvet-Chain.html
Making My Grandparents Leet Linux Users - Part 1
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| It was time for a new computer for my Grandparents. Their ancient Windows 98
| PC had become so slow that it was unusable. The replacement, an inexpensive
| Acer PC, came with Windows Vista preinstalled. It was up to me to set up the
| new computer and support it. So I decided to wipe out Vista with a Debian 4
| base install and set up an easy to use environment for my Grandparents. In
| this multi-part series I will tell you about how I did it, starting with my
| reasons for choosing Linux over Vista.
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http://tomdryer.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/17/making-my-grandparents-leet-linux-users-part-1/
Grandpa Gets a Dell with Ubuntu Linux Preinstalled
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| I'm very happy with my computer. I feel the price was reasonable, and the
| service was good. In fact, Dell appears to have gone to the "Scotty school of
| engineering" -- project how long you expect a project to take, then double
| the time. Then, when you come in under that time, you look like a whiz.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070725085521830
Ubuntu for your grandmother.
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| They say its for geeks, they say its for nerds, they say its for those
| whose pinkie finger has the imprint of the enter key tattooed on it. We
| say its for your grandmother ! Yes my friends, I kid you not, for all
| of those who are afraid to dip their little toe into the great Linux-Lake
| let us reassure you : If your grandmother can do it ? So can you. Before
| we start , let me clarify : We are not talking about turning your
| Linux machine into a clustered database server with SQL, PHP, Apache,
| Samba and what have you. We are talking about the advantages of using
| Linux .. as a desktop.
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http://www.knightwise.com/content/view/154/9/
Desktop Adapted for Dad
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| I set my father's computer up with a GNU/Linux operating system. One
| basic feature of Linux is that each user has their own login to the
| system, and normally you do not login to the system as the super-user.
| This limits what my father is able to do on the system as he is not the
| super-user. To my surprise my father was delighted that he was restricted
| in that way, because then he knows that he cannot break the system by
| accident.
|
| To conclude I would say that my experience with my father and other
| inexperienced computer users convinces me that the modern desktop software
| is not obvious but that with basic training it is very easy to use. I
| firmly believe that anyone can use a computer, but it is essential that
| users have a properly configured desktop suitable for their use, as one
| size does not fit all.
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http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/466
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