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Roland Tarver wrote:
This is exactly the point that I made in an earlier email some time ago. If we want to introduce someone to Linux etc then we need to be prepared to get them well set up and to be available for help until they feel confident. As I wrote at the time, we can't just give them a disk and leave them to get on with it by themselves. That just will not work.If some one agrees to take a live-cd (I may even charge for it - so they value it more lol) I will show it too. Preferably I would not let them view it alone. If someone wants to go for an install I will back up their data, install it for them, get them on the net, get the printer working, make sure they can play dvds etc. I will just make sure that all the basics are right before I leave them to it. Ideally we should not just give someone a disk and leave them to it (since, from limited experience, this is heading for failure). One person who has a good initial introduction to linux could become a very powerful advocate. One of my friends already has. Think viral.
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