<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jordan Peacock</b> <<a href="mailto:hewhocutsdown@gmail.com">hewhocutsdown@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: May 9, 2006 9:59 PM
<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] PC for the computer-illiterate?<br>To: Kraig Jones <<a href="mailto:jkjones@tcq.net">jkjones@tcq.net</a>><br><br></span><div>I gave them a 20-minute tour, and they have my number with orders to call over any questions, but haven't heard from them....so either that's a great sign, or maybe they haven't even turned it on yet!
<br></div><div><span class="sg"><br> -jordan
<br><br></span></div><div><div></div><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kraig Jones</b> <<a href="mailto:jkjones@tcq.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
jkjones@tcq.net</a>> wrote:</span></span></div><div><span class="e" id="q_10b1c3c039d2cea3_4"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Jordan Peacock wrote:<br><br>> I did this for my wife, an old pentium II Compaq. I threw on Ubuntu as<br>> well (its what I use on my machine) and just had to take some time to<br>> set up her particulars; thunderbird with her online courses was the
<br>> major hurdle. Similar to your situation, she doesn't game (although<br>> she's developed a taste for frozen bubble) and once the initial<br>> familiarity hurdle was leapt, she was off an away. Every now and again
<br>> she might ask me a question but for the most part things take care of<br>> themselves. We've given away that machine to some friends now, and<br>> I've just given her a user on my system.<br>><br>> Even just giving him this email address (tclug one, not mine
<br>> personally) would be as good a reference for him if/when he ever gets<br>> stuck trying to do something new. If his plans are as limited as your<br>> say, I don't see any troubles whatsoever.<br>><br>> -jordan
<br><br>Thanks for the comments, Jordan. Any idea what the new owners of your<br>Ubuntu system thought of it?<br><br>I'm afraid that at least for a while, my friend wouldn't even know the<br>questions to ask if he did post on the tc-lug list.
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