Getting my wife to switch to Fedora
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Mon Jan 31 15:59:40 UTC 2005
Chip Lueck wrote:
> I'm in the process of weaning my wife from her M$ addiction (I'm
> already a Linux geek, running FC3, fully updated).
> For those interested, I started the weaning process by moving all her
> "My Documents" in the Windoze world to her home dir on my Fedora box.
> I changed the pointer of her My Documents from her local hard drive to
> a Samba-mount. Once she was used to her documents being in a
> different place, I gave her a CD to boot from. This CD will boot her
> machine as a thin client (ltsp/etherboot) to have a session on my FC3
> box. This has been helpful so she can immerse herself in the new
> world, but still have her safety blanket at her fingertips, and I
> didn't have to make her machine dual-boot.
>
> We're at the point now where she only uses her safety blanket for
> Palm-related stuff. I'm ready to get her a new machine and her own
> fresh Fedora installation, but the two Palm apps are the only stopping
> point.
>
Buy her a new PDA that is supported if that is required. Then let
Palm know. Money speaks louder than words to businesses. :)
My wife loves Linux at home. Uses a Mac for her work (pre OSX) and
Windows for running some machines. Linux is her favorite. One of the
reasons I love her. :)
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Robin Laing
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