Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote: > The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I > don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must > convince her to try ubuntu. > Mines using Ubuntu, but I set the machine up to dual-boot just in case she does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Isabell Long
On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote: > The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I > don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must > convince her to try ubuntu. Yep! > > I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly > c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must convince her to try ubuntu. I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly convinced my dad to try - will push him for at least dual-boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Darren.Mansell
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 25 March 2010 13:08 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums,Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available! Hi, On 25 March 2010 12:37

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On 25 March 2010 12:37, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Are these personalised screencasts or are they freely available? I'm not sure whether to make them public or not to be honest. I've made some decisions about her desktop which people might disagree with. For example I've installed Picasa as th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 25 March 2010 12:26, Alan Pope wrote: > > That way she can go over what I've told her. I've also planned to make > some screencasts for her which get automatically delivered to her PC > when she's online. That way she can watch the video multiple times so > it does 'sink in'. > > Cheers, > Al.

[ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 March 2010 11:52, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Yeah I try to explain things to her, but I think it is a > combination of falling deaf ears and simply not getting it. My mum is 66 this > year, has been using a computer a lot more in the last 4 or 5 years as she > has become more or less bed-bound,