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On 13/02/17 13:21, Neil via list wrote: > A while ago a friend asked me if I would be willing to teach him about > Linux. I said I would think about it. Since then his circumstances > have changed and he has moved away from the area. However, it got me > thinking about this, especially as I know that some of the people on > the list are interested in getting more converts to the cause. So > here are some of my thoughts and questions. > > The scenario is that someone has asked me to get them started on > Linux, having heard that it is a good system and being fed up with > Windows. > > First thing, the computer. I just do not like the dual boot with > Windows set up, I think it can easily cause problems. So, we need an > old computer which is no longer required, not too old I hope, or even > a new one bought especially for the purpose. > > Next comes the big question, which distro? I use Xubuntu so I know the > xfce desktop well. There are other recommended distros for beginners > such as Peppermint and Linux Lite which also use xfce. But what about > others that I don't know so well? Would it be fair to restrict them to > a distro just because I know it well, or would that simply be the > sensible thing to do? > > Then, how should we start? I could begin at the beginning with > downloading the iso file, getting it on to a USB stick and then > installing it. Or perhaps it would be better to do all that myself and > to go straight to working with the new distro and come back to the > installation etc afterwards. > > Most Windows users know little or nothing about using a terminal > screen, yet it is so useful and powerful. So what would be the best > way to get that across? I think this would be one of the stumbling > blocks to the whole scheme. Yet I feel that it is a very important > part of the training. > > Then the packages. Inevitably my personal likes and dislikes are going > to come into this. For example, the browser. I hate Chrome/Chromium. I > think that Firefox has become too bloated, so it is installed but > rarely used. I do use one called Pale Moon (what FF should have > become), and also a fairly new one called Vivaldi, which is my current > favourite. There will be other package examples as well, no doubt. Of > course, if it is one I Iike then it will be one I know well and should > be one that I therefore teach well. > > There are other questions that came to my mind about all this, but I > don't want to keep on too long. However, one final thought, it would > not be a good idea, or fair, to set them up and then just leave them > to it. They will have problems and questions, a fairly steep learning > curve, so I ought to be available to provide help and further > training for some time. > > I must admit that, when I heard that my friend was moving away, one > reaction was relief. Providing training in Linux should not be taken > lightly. It is quite a commitment. Or, to put it another way, a > nightmare. > > Any comments would be welcomed, > > Neil > I would go with a Virtualbox VM .. I have yet to do it fully myself, but its on the top of the to-do list ... MJE
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