03-01-2015, 06:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2015, 06:39 PM by technomancer.)
Yeah i already tried the Virtual Machine route, TOO many options for her to figure out. Some things don't work, you know the story.
Mostly she gets confused by the "OTHER" OS on her computer at the same time, which is what I run into 99% of the time with people who run VM's. I see a trend that people "forget" things are running or get confused by the whole idea.They love to just hold down the power button and shut down instead of waiting on everything. It understand it, I own VMware and have 25 VM's. It's like speaking Chinese to a Greek, they hear but don't understand. They just want simple ON/OFF at one time. I would love if windows software could just run on Linux but "If ALL software was able to run on ALL computers then where is the profit for the big corporations, being sarcastic ..........." The privatization and "for profit" is ruining computers, now every detail of a system is an "addon" that is charged for, and figuring out what things are is impossible thanks to ADs, lots and lots of ADs. Most people dont know the first 3 results in google are ads, even though it says they are "paid advertisements". Don't even get me started on the education system, LOL.
So for the moment she is happy just logging in on the spare laptop i setup, and plays her mindless games on the main one, productivity isn't an issue with this situation. The real problem I always have is that everyone thinks a computer "is"windows, kinda like a car salesman saying Ford is a car not a brand. Most people don't care is what i run into, they just want a computer that will do EVERYTHING without messing with it. Bad part is these are the people who think windows is fine, what other choice is there besides a MAC. Nobody that is on a computer for "work" really cares what runs it, just that it will "do" or run the programs they need for play or work. LL is a good start, but honestly nobody outside of my geeky friends(i have 1, rest don't get it) knows what i'm talking about or understands that there is a problem. Ever seen the movie Idiocracy, i see it everyday, not just with computer stuff, cooking, buying tea, how to change a tire, list goes on and on and on.
Knowledge in the hands of an idiot is dangerous.Keep it straight forward, simple, and setup EVERYTHING before converting somebody.
Mostly she gets confused by the "OTHER" OS on her computer at the same time, which is what I run into 99% of the time with people who run VM's. I see a trend that people "forget" things are running or get confused by the whole idea.They love to just hold down the power button and shut down instead of waiting on everything. It understand it, I own VMware and have 25 VM's. It's like speaking Chinese to a Greek, they hear but don't understand. They just want simple ON/OFF at one time. I would love if windows software could just run on Linux but "If ALL software was able to run on ALL computers then where is the profit for the big corporations, being sarcastic ..........." The privatization and "for profit" is ruining computers, now every detail of a system is an "addon" that is charged for, and figuring out what things are is impossible thanks to ADs, lots and lots of ADs. Most people dont know the first 3 results in google are ads, even though it says they are "paid advertisements". Don't even get me started on the education system, LOL.
So for the moment she is happy just logging in on the spare laptop i setup, and plays her mindless games on the main one, productivity isn't an issue with this situation. The real problem I always have is that everyone thinks a computer "is"windows, kinda like a car salesman saying Ford is a car not a brand. Most people don't care is what i run into, they just want a computer that will do EVERYTHING without messing with it. Bad part is these are the people who think windows is fine, what other choice is there besides a MAC. Nobody that is on a computer for "work" really cares what runs it, just that it will "do" or run the programs they need for play or work. LL is a good start, but honestly nobody outside of my geeky friends(i have 1, rest don't get it) knows what i'm talking about or understands that there is a problem. Ever seen the movie Idiocracy, i see it everyday, not just with computer stuff, cooking, buying tea, how to change a tire, list goes on and on and on.
Knowledge in the hands of an idiot is dangerous.Keep it straight forward, simple, and setup EVERYTHING before converting somebody.
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*Hardware hacks are my speciality.
"forum posts should be like a skirt- long enough to cover the subject material, but short enough to keep things interesting"
--I am using/Running Linuxlite 2.8, Debian8 server, Ubuntu 14, Win7,Win10, MX15, LinuxMint kde.
--Xerox field service engineer, printer repairs,network analyst.