Ron Johnson: > On 10/30/06 03:04, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > > It's not that I don't know how to start X from a console. But I (almost) > > always need X anyway. And apart from that, I have a non-geek > > girlfriend[1] using my computer from time to time. > > My wife was *easily* trained not to fear the black text screen, and > I put startx in her .bashrc (with a little wrapper so that it would > only run from the console, not an xterm window). > > Certainly your GF can be similarly trained.
Well, at least not by me. I still have a hard time teaching her about
the concept of files and folders. :) And what I actually find more
important is that she grasps GUI concepts she will need in her work
life.
J.
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