[PLUG] Linux for non-computer person
Chuck Hast
wchast at gmail.com
Sat Jan 4 17:43:47 UTC 2025
And I knew I would get, and will get good info. The PLUG has never failed
me.
Thank you so far.
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cheese.... I am going to take a stick to the spell checker, I think this
> machine got infected by the cellphone...
> .... Put that one on here should be Put that one on her.
> .... apr should be APT...
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, I tried the latest Ubuntu the other day and was not really happy
>> with it. It seemed too rigid to me.
>>
>> I run XFCe and I use compiz for the window manager. But I do not think I
>> want to try to put that one
>> on here. I have run Mate in the past and only stopped when they last rev
>> came out and they dropped
>> Compiz, but I am tempted to go down that road..
>>
>> Yes, I do disable them, I will ssh into the machine and do the apr thing.
>>
>> I am looking for something that she will find easy to use, she does not
>> have any Windows baggage to
>> deal with so as long as she can do what she needs that will be fine. She
>> does have this digital signature
>> dongle she has to plug in to sign documents. I hope that is not tied to
>> windows.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at linuxgalaxy.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM, Russell Senior <[
>>> russell at personaltelco.net](mailto:On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM,
>>> Russell Senior <<a href=)> wrote:
>>>
>>> > My first question is: what distribution do you use?
>>>
>>> Important point.
>>>
>>> > Since you are
>>> > going to be her primary technical support, unless you use some
>>> > completely nutso distribution (slackware? lol),
>>>
>>> Nutso!? You WOUND me, sir! I would demand satisfaction, my good man, if
>>> this weren’t also a fair point.
>>>
>>> > I would pick what
>>> > *you* know best, so her questions will have ready
>>>
>>> I also suggest to disable any automatic updates, especially kernel, as
>>> this is where most “easy” distros go wrong. This applies to any OS. Also,
>>> avoid any “rolling release” types.
>>>
>>> > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Good day folks and happy new year...
>>> >> I am about to install linux on a computer for my wife. It will be a
>>> >> Framework 13. Now the fun part.
>>> >> My wife has been a real luddite, but he smartphone has slowly showed
>>> her
>>> >> that she needs to have
>>> >> a real computer for daily work. She wanted something small and light I
>>> >> showed her the Framework 13 I have, she wants one.
>>> >>
>>> >> So my question is what distro should I put on this thing that will be
>>> easy
>>> >> for a very non-computer person to use.
>>> >>
>>> >> I am not with her all the time. She is in Costa Rica as executor of
>>> her
>>> >> father's estate, I go down
>>> >> there when I can to help, and we are also starting a new business
>>> which
>>> >> entails export from
>>> >> Costa Rica to USA. So she does need a computer (I have been telling
>>> her
>>> >> that now for many
>>> >> years).
>>> >>
>>> >> So what distro would be best for her to start out with?
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >>
>>> >> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT --
>>> >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
>>> >> Ph 4:13 KJV
>>> >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
>>> >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
>>
>>
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