On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 20:58 -0700, Mark Fletcher wrote: > --- Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > the curve in doing so -- I'm currently in the process > of trying to convince my wife there is an email > program out there other than Microsoft Outlook, and a > web browser other than IE -- so I also stick close to > the stable distro, since while I'm happy to experiment > she's not. Perfectly reasonable way to be.
Gee, I just said, "To protect you from all the 'bad stuff', this is how it's going to be." When she argued, I reminded her that I don't tell her how to bake cookies (which she is wonderful at), so she shouldn't tell me how to "do computers". Then I put GNOME/Evolution/Mozilla/OpenOffice.org on her machine, and after a little hand-holding, haven't heard a peep from her. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "One sword keeps another in the sheath." George Herbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]