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
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
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
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Hi,
On 25 March 2010 12:37
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
On 25/03/10 12:37, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> 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
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.
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,
