[TriLUG] Deploying Linux to...Aunt Marge

[Tom Eisenmenger]

Cristobal Palmer wrote:
Hmmmm... Philosophical reasons aside, I always thought Gnome was 
primarily designed for non-technical newbies and KDE for more 
technically astute users.  The problem I've always had with both was 
that they'd offer umpteen application choices for each task, thereby 
confusing the issue.  Of the two, I'd go with plain old Ubuntu running 
Gnome for Aunt Marge, but if you tweak Xubuntu running XFCE that might 
present an even better option!

-- Tom Eisenmenger

>Aunt Marge wants [K]ubuntu. I like gnome, but that's me, not Marge.
>
>The only real hangup will be shockwave, with Windows Media files being
>only a slight technical (and legal) speedbump.
>
>See the wiki entry on "Restricted Formats" for details. The wiki
>really is fairly good.
>
>I have my 14-year-old brother running it, my best friend who is
>getting an MFA in piano (read: not tech-savvy) running Kubuntu, and an
>ex-girlfriend running Kubuntu.
>
>I've gotten a grand total of three complaints, two of which were about
>lack of shockwave. The other involved choppy DVD playback. Seriously.
>These people are not in love with computers. They just use them.
>Happily.
>
>:)
>
>Best of luck,
>CMP
>
>--
>
>Cristobal M. Palmer
>UNC-CH SILS Student
>cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
>cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
>ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
>"Television-free since 2003"
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