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- goeatsmsht, on 02/05/2008, -3/+324Props to your mom for using Firefox, I still can't get mine off of AOL.
- TreDubZedd, on 02/05/2008, -1/+306Mirror: http://gengeek.es/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/momfr ...
- Philluminati, on 02/05/2008, -12/+314I don't believe you have a mum. Pictures or you didn't happen!
- carl25, on 02/05/2008, -0/+270I could see her calling her son saying
HONEY I DELETED THE INTERNET!! - PRlME, on 02/05/2008, -5/+241I installed ubuntu on my moms computer but shes said to uninstall it cause she cant play Crysis
- sajnikanth, on 02/05/2008, -2/+212I like how you've got the big Firefox icon saying The Internet
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -9/+194I got your mom to use Ubuntu by putting it on the computer in my bedroom.
- praveenmarkandu, on 02/05/2008, -11/+182thats not ubuntu, its a derivative called linux mint. it focuses more on the visuals but it uses the ubuntu backbone.
- sockpuppets, on 02/05/2008, -7/+138I exceeded your mom's bandwidth.
- BlueSkyfish, on 02/05/2008, -4/+132I know Linux is efficient and all, but the fastest computer in your house has 32mb of RAM? That's pretty sad.
- zovres, on 02/05/2008, -4/+118linux mint is based on ubuntu which is based on debian
it's all linux to me - zovres, on 02/05/2008, -0/+97and the download directory so she can easily access the internets she downloaded
- mcmlxxii, on 02/05/2008, -0/+91I installed Ubuntu on an old TDK tape I found in my car stereo. It boots up real quick but I need autoreverse cause after using it for 45 minutes I have to turn the tape over.
- TacticalPenguin, on 02/05/2008, -3/+86I call BS. No matter how slimmed down you make it, you CAN'T run XP with 32mb of ram. Even slimmed down Ubuntu is still a SERIOUS stretch for that little ram.
- fatlip, on 02/05/2008, -7/+83so did you throw out the computer? because no matter what OS you have.. you can't really play crysis properly
- Renton, on 02/05/2008, -0/+75I can just see it now. "Who's Daryna?" "Why can't I smell the mint?" "Hey, Bonzai Buddy won't install"
- ispeakasian, on 02/05/2008, -0/+70Really? Mine's been using Netscape for the past seven years. On a 6 year old Windows computer weighed down by 16 viruses (the last time I checked). And she complains to me that her computer is slow.
- xaxxon, on 02/05/2008, -3/+73punctuation: It's the difference between "I just got my mom off. AOL thank god." and "I just got my mom off AOL. Thank god."
- friday81, on 02/05/2008, -0/+69if i can just make my grandpa to stop calling it "the other TV", i'll be satisfied
- bullsfan03, on 02/05/2008, -3/+62SuperWinner wins
- aloser, on 02/05/2008, -0/+58Hey, I think I'm your brother.
- Grizw0ld, on 02/05/2008, -0/+52I had to do it for my brother in law, who is probably on par with your mom when it comes to computer savyness. He uses the internet mostly for porn, so windows was not his best option
- niallabrown, on 02/05/2008, -0/+51Mom??? Its amusing but my grandparents who are in their 80's asked me to install firefox for them based on what a friend told them. They like it.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -0/+47I did this with some friends of my moms who kept calling me all the time for tech support. It worked for a while till their teen aged son showed up for Xmas and put WindowsXP on the machine so he could play games... I no longer take their calls.
- Lionhart, on 02/05/2008, -1/+46Dugg for "The Internet"
- ophello, on 02/05/2008, -0/+43Thats actually a good idea
- sk11, on 02/05/2008, -0/+40http://linuxmint.com/
- Raxem, on 02/05/2008, -3/+42I actually want to try out linux. Can anyone point me to one that is good for beginners? I'm not quite newb at computers, but something fairly simple for linux would be nice. Thanks.
- AndrewDB, on 02/05/2008, -1/+40Have you tried installing firefox on your parents computer, and changing the icon to the AOL Browser icon? They'll never notice the difference.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -8/+41I T ' S A S E R I E S O F T U B E S
- FluffyArmada, on 02/05/2008, -0/+32At least she doesn't think that the "blue e" is the internet. Whoever came up with all these stupid terms to tell people who don't know anything about computers needs to be shot. :)
It just bugs me... like when people call a headset a "bluetooth." It's not a fricking "bluetooth", it's a headset. Bluetooth is a wireless technology! - brutusx, on 02/05/2008, -3/+35ubuntu linux has come a long way in the last couple years. Easier to install than windows, and it looks so good too.
- amoore260, on 02/05/2008, -4/+36I set mom up with a Ubuntu box about 5 month ago. She loves it! No spy ware, NO virus, simple system up dates, and Ubuntu runs faster than her windows partition. She hasn't booted windows ever since.
The funny thing is, I started explaining about how open source, GPL, and Linux work. Mom then started asking the IT guys at her work about open source, GPL, and Linux. She said, "they didn't have a clue about it". She keeps asking me when will this "Linux thing" will take over M$ Windows? I guess she wants to buy stock.
I myself have been a Linux user for the last 4 years now I can share the fun with mom. - explnx, on 04/27/2009, -7/+38Maybe he just doesn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on an inferior product that requires a faster computer. Clearly nobody is playing crysis on this thing.
- jblanch, on 02/05/2008, -2/+30wheres the mom damnit?
- Icyfenix, on 02/05/2008, -2/+30Sorry. some of us have these things called JOBS that stop us from seeing EVERY article EVERY time.
- wontstoptalking, on 02/05/2008, -38/+65I found an old laptop of mine in the basement (an old compaq, for those interested) that can't run XP without crashing every 5 minutes. The thing has 32mb of RAM. So I installed Ubuntu, and it's now the fastest computer in the house. On 32mb RAM.
Windows is still a necessity, though. Linux is great, but there are some things that just require Windows. - InferiorWang, on 02/05/2008, -0/+27My 89 year old grandma uses her computer to download patterns directly to her sewing machine. She's only able to do that and check her email, but it impresses the hell out of me.
- meggani, on 02/05/2008, -0/+25There are a lot of people who aren't ever going to quite understand or aren't interested. For them, that would be a perfect setup.
- i4mt3hwin, on 02/05/2008, -0/+24"The bandwidth or page view limit for this site has been exceeded and the page cannot be viewed at this time. Once the site is below the limit, it will once again begin serving as normal."
Poor mom =( - KipEvil, on 02/05/2008, -8/+32I got my mom to use Ubuntu, by moving it to the computer to the kitchen! I speak trufs!
- fatlip, on 02/05/2008, -1/+25you should definitely do a bit more research, its much much easier than you think.
- Fathom, on 02/05/2008, -0/+23a little bit more background would be nice...
- theaceoffire, on 02/05/2008, -1/+24Just make sure that you set up the same homepage, bookmarks, etc.
- SuperCow1127, on 02/05/2008, -0/+22You're lucky. I can't teach my 83 year old grandmother how to do anything that requires more than one step. =(
- TwilightXaos, on 02/05/2008, -0/+20Surely Ubuntu is a good choice for beginners. (http://www.ubuntu.com/).
Another easy choice is Mint (which is based on ubuntu) (http://linuxmint.com/)
Fedora is nice and easy as well (http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora).
For any of them, you will have to download an iso file and make a cd out of it. Look up on google how to do this, I found this link which is pretty good. http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_c ... - HayString, on 02/05/2008, -2/+22Where can I get that for my mom?
- Julz, on 02/05/2008, -3/+23wow.... how old are you? 5?
- banmaster, on 02/05/2008, -0/+19Does she realise that all her probs are BECAUSE of Incredimail??
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