On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 05:58:25AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> Every time before I've had to go with a newbie-friendly GUI for people
> who don't know computers and more importantly DON'T WANT TO LEARN about
> them, I've gone with either a Gnome or KDE setup.
>
> At any other time, I'd suggest
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:22:42AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
Additionally, I like icewm's nice tiny display in the taskbar:
a) load on localhost
b) load on LAN
c) load on ppd connection
On my AMD 133 MHz/128 MB RAM,
I extended icewm from 6 to 12 screens by editing
/etc/
On 25 Nov 2003, Kent West wrote:
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> I, too, like icewm. It's got the Windows-like taskbar at the bottom (or
> top, or hidden in either place) that shows the different apps you have
> running, so switching between them is easy. (You'll want the icepref
> package if you want to configure ic
Title: RE: Need a user-friendly, low-requirement desktop
> >>In this particular case, however, I'm dealing with a Pentium 233 MHz
> >>with 32 MB of RAM.
I read of another choice called (if i remember correctly) XPed. I am going to look this up myself over our h
scripsit Kent West:
> I, too, like icewm. It's got the Windows-like taskbar at the bottom
> (or top, or hidden in either place) that shows the different apps you
> have running, so switching between them is easy. (You'll want the
> icepref package if you want to configure icewm, unless you want t
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 05:58:25 -0600,
Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
> little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
> moment has me at a bit of a loss as to
Conrad Newton wrote:
From Alex Malinovich on Tuesday, 2003-11-25 at 05:58:25 -0600:
I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
little computer knowledge to switch to Linux.
In this particular case, however, I'm dealing with a Pentium 233 MHz
with 32 MB of RAM. While I'
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From: "Ilkka Lindroos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: Need a user-friendly, low-requirement desktop
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 13:58, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > I
Alex Malinovich wrote:
I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
moment has me at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
My friend's mother is fed up with Windows 98 and wants something better.
Ever
Alex Malinovich wrote:
I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
moment has me at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
My friend's mother is fed up with Windows 98 and wants something better.
Ever
On Tuesday 25 November 2003 13:58, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> In this particular case, however, I'm dealing with a Pentium 233
> MHz with 32 MB of RAM. While I'd love to put Gnome and Nautilus
> on there and call it a day, waiting 10 minutes for the desktop to
> load and another 2 minutes for the fil
>From Alex Malinovich on Tuesday, 2003-11-25 at 05:58:25 -0600:
> I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
> little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
> moment has me at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
>
> My friend's mother is fed
Alex Malinovich wrote:
I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
moment has me at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
My friend's mother is fed up with Windows 98 and wants something better.
Every
I've finally managed to get a few friends and family members with very
little computer knowledge to switch to Linux. One in particular at the
moment has me at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
My friend's mother is fed up with Windows 98 and wants something better.
Every time before I've had
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