[olug] Custom building desktop

[Dan Staehr]

Greg,

You might be correct. I provide tech support already. She calls just 
about every time the spyware scanner or anti-virus popups come on. I'm 
mainly looking for a less expensive way to give her a basic computer, 
not a lot of bells and whistles. But maybe going to a Linux distro may 
be too much of a shock for her.

Dan Staehr, President
Staehr Media Services
6117 NW 4th Street
Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
402-440-5869


On 4/16/2012 4:05 PM, Greg Gerke wrote:
> For a case like this, with an older non-tech savvy person I'd actually be
> leaning towards keeping her with what she already knows and perhaps just
> upgrade the hardware... unless you're planning on being the full time tech
> support. ;)
>
> Looking very similar isn't the same as identical to what she already knows.
> It's quite possible it'll just cause a whole lot of frustration for both of
> you.
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>  wrote:
>
>> This build would replace the Pentium 4.
>>
>> I'm looking at a quad core or at least dual core processor for the new
>> computer.
>>
>>
>> Dan Staehr, President
>> Staehr Media Services
>> 6117 NW 4th Street
>> Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
>> 402-440-5869
>>
>>
>> On 4/16/2012 3:20 PM, DYNATRON tech wrote:
>>
>>> pentium 4? would suggest an older distro of ubuntu like 9.04 or 10.04.
>>> maybe even something lighter like xubuntu.
>>>
>>> any 11.x version of *buntu is going to have horrible performance on a
>>> machine that old.
>>> On Apr 16, 2012 3:10 PM, "T. J. Brumfield"<enderandrew at gmail.**com<enderandrew at gmail.com>>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>   I do recommend KDE over Unity for someone uses to Windows. I'm not sure
>>>> I'd
>>>> recommend Kubuntu because  Canonical has dropped support for it, and it
>>>> isn't the best KDE distro.
>>>>
>>>> I'd go with Fedora, openSUSE or perhaps Mint.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Timothy Goshinski<tgoshinski at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> If she is used to Windows, I might go Kubuntu to avoid overly
>>>>>
>>>> disorienting
>>>>
>>>>> her.
>>>>>
>>>>>   --=
>>>>> =--
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   I have a client that needs a new desktop. She is an "older" lady, not
>>>>> very
>>>>>
>>>>>> computer savvy. Basically needs internet access, email access and some
>>>>>> photo storage. The current flat screen display, keyboard, mouse and
>>>>>>
>>>>> printer
>>>>>
>>>>>> all would be fine. Her current computer is a 6 year old Dell Dimension
>>>>>>
>>>>> P4
>>>>> running Windows XP.
>>>>>> Would Ubuntu be a possibility?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dan Staehr, President
>>>>>> Staehr Media Services
>>>>>> 6117 NW 4th Street
>>>>>> Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
>>>>>> 402-440-5869
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