[CLUE-Tech] Linux for mom

[Glen Newell]

FWIW...if Mom's already in RH, why not upgrade to RH 9 ?  I haven't seen
Mandrake since 8 or so, but RH9 seems to me like it's ready for just such an
application like this. ( although, I admit I have yet to use the dialer so
YMMV)

Glen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Rafferty" <kirk at fpcc.net>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] Linux for mom


> About 3 years ago, my (now 61 year-old) mom decided it was time that she
> started learning about this internet thing.  Before then, she had only
> ever used a dumb terminal.  Shortly before she retired she was stuck with
> a Windows box.
>
> I did what any loving son would do, and set her up with a RHL 7.1 box.
> (okay, the distro may be debatable from a "loving son," but work with me
> here...:) After about 3 years, she's okay with working in KDE, but the
> dialup interface in KDE has always given her fits.  The 7.1-era dialer is
> fairly flakey for end-users, and I occasionally make the house-call to
> launch a terminal and clean PPP up.
>
> I'm thinking of upgrading her to Mandrake 9.1.  Can anyone give comment on
> how stable KPPP on Mandrake is now?  Stable may not be the right word
> here...predictable is more like it.  She gets fairly frustrated when it
> doesn't work according to her script (literally...she has written
> instructions she follows to get herself connected), and I'd like to give
> her something that doesn't require me to house-call every couple weeks.
>
> I use Gnome pretty exclusively, so I'm a little out of touch on KDE these
> days.  But she's comfortable in KDE now, and I really don't want to move
> her over to Gnome.
>
> By the way, mom is registered Linux User 321098. :)
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> -k
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