[gentoo-dev] /etc/init.d - [Fwd: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for ..... GRANDMA????]

[gentoo-dev] /etc/init.d - [Fwd: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for ..... GRANDMA????]

[Yannick Koehler]

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Isn't that funny?

I mean, should we turn that down and tell GrandMa to first learn all the 
stuff required for gentoo ;-)

Just kidding I was finding funny that it occurs around the same time.

Yannick Koehler

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From: "Paul K. Dickson" <pdickson@guruconsult.com>
To: gentoo-user@gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for ..... GRANDMA????
Date: 11 Mar 2002 17:51:19 -0500
Message-ID: <1015887088.12638.39.camel@pdiddy>



Ok, I've been promising my grandmother for a while now that I was going
to put togeather a PC for her so she can email and IM the rest of the
family(whether she wants it or not;-) and have been contemplating the
setup I should use with all the old parts i've gathered.  Originally,
being as windows confuses the hell out of her because there is "too much
going on on the screen" I was thinking about using Win98 (this is a
k6-233 - 128ram)with litestep, rather than explorer, and making a
customized theme so things are as simple as possible for her.  Basicly a
few big static icons on one edge of the screen that say "Internet",
"EMAIL", "Word Processing", etc etc etc.  But the more I think about it,
the more I think of her having random popup notices from windows about
illegal this and crash that, and having my phone ringing off the hook
about it.Solution?

As long as I'm setting up a locked down GUI, with everything
preconfigured, why not use linux?  GENTOO TO THE RESCUE BABY!  This is
all theroretical of course, and I'm gonna have my old man(who goes into
spazzims if his start bar isn't on the bottom of the screen because it
confuses him) give it a test run;)

Now, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for desktop managers and
applications to use.  She just needs the basics, and would obviously
need some sort of Iconbar(preferably mac pulldown style because the less
going on on the screen,the better) and a clock.  I was thinking along
the lines of:

Kde3 stable-simplfied.
StarOffice 6 final
Kmail
some sort of K AIM client, Kinkatta(SP?)
kppp
Opera 6(so all her windows are contained for her)
artsd(duh)

ELSE

I was thinking some sort of *REALLY* light weight window manager as this
is a k6-266, along with addon iconbars, a launcher bar("panel" most
likely) etc.. etc...

Suggestions welcome.


Paul



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Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/init.d - [Fwd: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for ..... GRANDMA????]

[Corvus Corax]

> Isn't that funny?
>

yes ,     it is <LOL>

hmm 
but GRANDMA is being set in front of a complete ready-to-use-system, and 
doesnt have to install new ebuilds. i dont even think that they want to give 
GRANDMA the root password <g>

<rofl> 
would you?

<rogl>
Corvus V Corax

PS: a grandma with root access will have to learn bash, so she can learn how 
to update scripts in /etc/init.d too or not? linux always was a continual 
learning process, as well as M$ was a continual reboo.... know what i mean 
don't ya? <g>