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Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Simon Waters wrote: >>> Neil Williams wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:06 +0000 >>>> >>>> Nice to see the reverse for once - so many still think that Windows is >>>> easy to install and everything else is hard. It just isn't true. >>> Personally I think Rob should buy from a vendor who supports Linux >>> directly, rather than messing around with refunds from a company >>> notorious for poor support of Linux. That said I think Acer make nice >>> laptops, and the folks at the repair centre near Plymouth were helpful >>> when I needed them and not too scared by my laptop booting something >>> other than Windows. They were slightly phased by a end user turning up >>> in person I think. >>> >>> >> What about the acer aspire on then, ok the installed linpus may not be >> to the tastes of the average linux hacker, but for a beginnner it seems >> fine, and it can be upgraded to another distro (perhaps with help from >> the local user group). May not be perfect but its better than having >> pre installed windows anything that you don't want or need > > My wife has an Aspire One. It is the 8GB Flash version and came with > Linpus Lite. (aka. "My First Computer" :) > > She's never used Linux, but she does have the ability to "problem solve" > by looking at things and having an over all view of what needs done - eg. > "I need a web browser" rather then "Wheres the Explorer Icon". That to me > is the crucial part - we teach people an idea, not give them an exact set > of buttons to push... anyway... > > I found a script on the web that would dump the supplied desktop and > install a more standard one based on xfce - works a treat and she now has > a sort of desktop/workspace theme which she's familiar with. She did need > a bit of help installing realplayer, but other than that she's rally happy > - to the extent that I'm seriuosly consindering giving her desktop a new > lease of line by upgrading XP to Linux... > > Gordon > That's good. I had a play with some netbooks in Comet the other day, they have a nice selection with the majority of them actually running Linux :-) Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html