On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 19:45 +0000, Nigel Verity wrote: a Mac but never Linux. I decided to create a system that would be as familiar to her as possible. > > I installed Ubuntu 10.4 LTS. I removed the bottom task bar completely > so as not to complicate matters with the concept of workspaces. I > moved the top task bar to the bottom of the screen, then added the > task list applet so that open applications would each be represented > by a familiar button. I removed the Firefox and Help icons to complete > the Windows look-and-feel as far as possible. > > I created desktop icons for the following basic applications: > > OpenOffice Writer > OpenOffice Calc > OpenOffice Impress > Rhythmbox > Totem > Brasero > Firefox > Calculator > GNU Paint (after installation) > GIMP (after installation) > > Because these application names would not be familiar to the average > Windows user I renamed the icons by their function e.g Word Processor, > Spreadsheet, Music Player, CD/DVD Burner, etc. > > The only time I needed to use the command line was to run a Bash > script to download and install the libdvdcss objects, to enable the > playing of commercial encrypted DVDs; this after having installed the > Ubuntu Restricted Extras from the software centre. Fortunately my > friend is not a games player, so there is not really any functional > loss through this unexpected migration to Ubuntu. > > The reaction so far has been very favourable. She will never be a geek > or a nerd but I do think we may have gained a convert. > > Regards > > Nige > >
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