[sf-lug] Somewhat related to "Ubuntu 17.10 now out, etc..."

Tue Oct 24 18:19:13 PDT 2017

FWIW,

There is software, free, which will allow this person to have windows 10 look like windows 7.  Since this person is adamant about change, this might be the best way to go.  Having windows instead of linux might remove you from the constant calls for assistance.

Not a good thing to say on a Linux group, but us sr citizens are a tough bunch.

John

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> On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:38 PM, acohen36 <acohen36 at SDF.ORG> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote at [01]:
> 
>> Today the latest version of Ubuntu 17.10 showed up on
>> the <http://distrowatch.com/> site.  Shortly it was followed
>> by Xubuntu & Ubuntu Mate.  I found the Lubuntu site
>> <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.10/release/>
>> so that I have Lubuntu 17.10 in x86 and amd64
>> varieties as  well as Ubuntu 17.10 amd64. No 32 bit version of
>> Ubuntu is up as of my writing.
> 
> So "somewhat" related to the various 'buntu's v17.10 listed
> here, figuring out how to best configure a 'buntu install
> for a Windows (yuck, I know!) user who is still using 32bit
> Windows XP on a 64bit PC, who is footdragging on using
> and learning *any* form of Linux, and just refuses to
> upgrade to Windows 10 despite Microsoft and others'
> continued exhortations to do so.
> 
> 
> Who?
> - For a 70yr+ Senior Citizen, by me; no charge for my
> performing what's necessary for this family member
> 
> On What?
> - A DualCore amd64/64bit Windows 10-compatible PC
> with 4GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB hd, DVD R/W,...etcetera
> 
> When?
> - ASAP before Halloween, and of course before the next
> SF-LUG meeting [02]
> 
> Where?
> - Residential house and apartment (as opposed
> to offices, I-cafes, workspace/hackerspace areas,
> etc in the central, urban parts of the Bay Area.
> There is sufficient Ethernet/wired and WiFi/wireless
> access at both residences.
> 
> Why?
> - Reason explained above and also because that
> Windows user isn't going to shell out more
> money and do any Windows upgrades by themself.
> And _NO_, I'm not going to blame that
> particular family member for refusing to upgrade
> Windows XP or for their continued refusal to just
> sit down and learn Linux(!)
> 
> How?
> 1a. Probably will use one of the Ubuntu-based LTS
> distros Linux Mint [03] v18.2 and/or Xubuntu[04]/
> Ubuntu Mate[05]/Lubuntu[06] v16.0.x
> Am comfortably familiar with using these distros,
> their Community Support and their accessible
> documentation.
> 1b. Possibly would consider Linux Lite [07] in the
> future, although for the time-being, no.
> 1c. No plans to install and use Zorin [08]
> (don't like their available support or the push
> to use their Software Store)
> 
> 2. Would partition a 250GB hd as ~40GB /,
> 1.5 x physRAM swap, and 200 GB /home.
> 
> 3. After such an install, am seriously considering
> using Noobslab's [09] theme and icon
> reconfigurations [10][11] to essentially "fool" the
> user into being familiar with a Windows 7/8-lookalike
> adaptation to the standard Linux desktop environment.
> After configuring the Linux distro's startup splash
> screen and default wallpaper to mimic Windows 7/8,
> then I'd probably also want to configure desktop
> shortcuts renamed to labels such as at least "My
> Computer", "Control Panel", "Wordpad", "Office Suite",
> "Printer", "Graphics Editor", "Command Prompt",
> "PDF Viewer", "Image Viewer", "Media Player1",
> "Media Player2",...  etcetera.
> Note that nearly all the aforementioned distros have
> pre-installed variations of Firefox, Thunderbird, and
> Chrome/Chromium.
> 
> The above seems to be the best gameplan, although
> helpful pointers are almost always welcome here ;-)
> -A
> 
> 
> 
> References
> ==========================
> 
> [01]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2017q4/012918.html
> [02]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2017q4/012917.html
> [03]https://linuxmint.com/release.php?id=29
> [04]https://xubuntu.org/
> [05]https://ubuntu-mate.org/
> [06]http://lubuntu.net/
> [07]https://www.linuxliteos.com/
> [08]https://zorinos.com/
> [09]http://www.noobslab.com/
> [10]http://www.noobslab.com/p/themes-icons.html
> [11]http://www.noobslab.com/2015/06/do-you-like-windows-look-and-feel-but.html
> 
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