On Wednesday 01 December 2004 16:17, you wrote:
> I saw the post about point and click Linux but didn't pay much attention
> to it since I have my own setup. Now I'm all EARS! After ten (10)
> years I have finally talked my wife into getting rid of Winblows.
>
> It seems she booted up her machine and the mouse didn't work. Argh,
> pain, anxiety! She had to call our son to reboot the machine to get the
> mouse to work and she is tired of Mickey$oft and their unreliable
> operating system. On top of that, If I can find her a nice calm OS with
> lots of GUI's (Girl's use it) so she can read her email and write the
> occasional letter she doesn't care which OS is installed. Well, you got
> to take em as they come in life, so one more convert (perhaps).
>
> Which version of Linux were you guys talking about that was point and
> click? I need to get it installed before she has second thoughts and
> changes her mind. We all know, us married men that is, how resolute
> women are when they make a major decision without talking it over with
> her sister, girlfriend and the dog. So while the iron is hot it is time
> to strike.
>
> TIA
>
> Paddy
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Don't forget Knoppix. As a live CD, you can play with it before making any
commitments to install. In the event Mepis doesn't work, Knoppix makes for a
good fallback plan.
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