Linux for Grandma

By Patrick on January 30, 2004 8:58 AM |

Boy the yuks just don't stop coming today. It must be Friday. I do know that if I set this monstrosity up for my grandma she would beat me into a pulp.

  • She likes to type letters on her computer, so for word processing I gave her OpenOffice, KOffice, AbiWord, Emacs and Vi to choose from.
  • I set up X-Chat to connect her to my favorite IRC network for warez, and as a courtesy I installed WineX so she can run Windows games if she wants.
  • So that she doesn't get bored with the look of the system, I set up cron jobs that change the desktop theme and widget set for her every day.
  • My mom also said that Grandma signed up for Internet access with her cable company already, which is great because that means I can get her subscribed to a Usenet LUG where she can post her questions and file bug reports if she discovers any.

I think this crosses a line somewhere. I'm not sure what line. But it must cross some line.

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