Roy Schestowitz wrote in <16445621.s7n3sriy8X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wed, June
7 2006 11:47:
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 07 June 2006 16:00 \__
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> I posted a link to this article because the scenario very much resembles
> every vacation when I travel to see family and relatives. This, as a
> matter of fact, might be a decent reason for to me buy another laptop and
> install Linux on it (I gave one away in September).
>
That's one thing that makes me happy that I needed a laptop for school. I
don't know that I want to sit down at my 'rents computer -- ever again.
They install EVERYTHING they find, and their systems might be brand new,
but respond slower then molasses in Antarctica at the coldest tempratures
possible. :-/
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> I used to be using Live CD's in my parent's house, but it's just not
> responsive enough to be more appleaing than Windows XP, productivity-wise.
> My parents now use Thunderbird and Firefox. So we're getting there
> slowly...
>
Wally World has external USB 2.0 HDDs that are inexpensive and responsive.
You could install Linux on one of those, and use it like a LiveCD, but
faster. Set up everything to be read-only except for /var and /home and
you should be pretty well set. :)
>
> Over time I install more and more software that they become accustomed to
> (and I can use while I'm there, of course). I can tweak that software and
> further customise it for them, demonstrating that they can use it more
> efficiently. I wonder how they feel about Web browsers without tabs, for
> example, having used Firefox....
>
I don't touch my family's computers if I can help it. In their minds, a
virus here is there is no big deal; they just reinstall Windows every three
to six months, anyway.
*shudder/shiver*
- Mike
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Registered Linux User #417338, machine #325045.
A better way to DoubleSpace your disk: DELTREE C:\WINDOWS
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