On 01/14/09 04:15, Florian Mickler wrote:
[snip]
Well, the point is, my mom didn't _want_ to move her homefolder away.
But she somehow got confused in the konqueror-window or dropped the
mouse-click at the wrong position. or didn't hit the right pixel at the
beginning, or whatnot...
My boss,
2009/1/12 Florian Mickler :
> Hi!
>
> Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system,
> running kde) did call me with fear in hear voice: "the computer isn't
> working anymore! and all my files are lost! and my emails! and the
> internet has vanished!"
>
> soon i found out, that s
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:33:24 -0800
Mike McClain wrote:
> I read an article last year (wish I could remember where)
> by a fellow involved in teaching computers to retirees who
> claimed a much better learning rate with teaching command line
> rather than GUI due to immediate recognizable feedbac
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:06:28 +0900
Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote:
> > What are the big Do's and Don'ts if you setup a linux desktop for
> > senior beginners?
>
> There is no easy way to teach user not to destroy system. What ever
> safegurd
Hello Lisi!
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:38:04 +
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 12 January 2009 18:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote:
> > What are the big Do's and Don'ts if you setup a linux desktop for
> > senior beginners?
>
> I do the following:
>
> Set up the look of KDE to suit the particular di
Hello!
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:31 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote:
> On Monday 2009 January 12 12:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote:
> >soon i found out, that she had tried to clean up her homefolder
> >(organizing her files in folders, as she has learned in some
> >computer-course she has take
Hello Todd!
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:22:39 -0800
"Todd A. Jacobs" wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote:
>
> > somehow she has succeeded in moving her complete homefolder
> > (.*-files included) into subfolders of her homefolder... i don't
> > know how that c
Hi Ron!
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:05:22 -0600
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/12/09 12:56, Florian Mickler wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > That resulted in landing in a complete new gnome-environment. and as
> > she is a beginner at computers and of age, she couldn't cope
> > with her computer anymore.
> >
>
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Osamu Aoki wrote:
> The only safegurd is BACKUP! For KDE, there is keep package to back up.
> As long as you make backup files to non-erasable location by your client
> user, you will be safe.
> If these are done every time she boot or by cron, she c
HI,
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system,
> running kde) did call me with fear in hear voice: "the computer isn't
> working anymore! and all my files are lost! and my emails! and the
> internet
Florian Mickler wrote:
> Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system,
> running kde) [...] succeeded in moving her complete homefolder (.*-files
> included) into subfolders of her homefolder...
> i don't know how that can happen, but apparently there are no safeguards
> in p
On Monday 2009 January 12 14:31:31 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>My
>first instinct was to a-r ~her_user,
s/a-r/a-w/
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On Monday 12 January 2009 18:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote:
> What are the big Do's and Don'ts if you setup a linux desktop for
> senior beginners?
I do the following:
Set up the look of KDE to suit the particular difficulties of the individual.
(Large print, brightly coloured mouse pointer, what
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote:
> somehow she has succeeded in moving her complete homefolder (.*-files
> included) into subfolders of her homefolder... i don't know how that
> can happen, but apparently there are no safeguards in place. (Or at
Nor should there
On Monday 2009 January 12 12:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote:
>Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system,
>running kde) did call me with fear in hear voice: "the computer isn't
>working anymore! and all my files are lost! and my emails! and the
>internet has vanished!"
>
>soon i
On 01/12/09 12:56, Florian Mickler wrote:
[snip]
That resulted in landing in a complete new gnome-environment. and as
she is a beginner at computers and of age, she couldn't cope
with her computer anymore.
So, my question, dear reader:
Is there a way to shield her from doing smth like that a
Hi!
Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system,
running kde) did call me with fear in hear voice: "the computer isn't
working anymore! and all my files are lost! and my emails! and the
internet has vanished!"
soon i found out, that she had tried to clean up her homefolder
(o
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