Nate Duehr wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Russell McMahon wrote:
>
>   
>> * Yes, I too would decline to support such an irresponsible user in
>> almost any circumstance. Alas, this is the exceptional circumstance
>> that one cannot easily avoid.
>>     
>
> Ever start to feel like this guy, Russel?
>
> http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/10-reasons-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-the- 
> computer-guy/
>
>
>   
<snip of rant>
just a taught for your dad, take a look at ubuntu and Thunderbird. 
Thunderbird 2 isn't in the official repo's but its pretty easy to 
install (if you want to). When you press the contacts button the names 
appear in a list down the side too ;->
If its got some sort of 3D on it install beryl for him and show him the 
multiple desktops its probably easier for him to manage windows that way 
then getting them stacked up 10 deep, he'll feel like he is really in 
the 21st century then. (though there are admittedly some bugs I have 
found (but they occur with about 60 windows open, or running eagle cad 
so I don't think that's going to be such a big issue)
And its one less windows system you will have to support.

At a recent robot event I was managing i took along my desktop PC (as it 
was all setup with the software i had written and i couldn't be assed 
installing another) running ubuntu 7.04 with beryl on a pentium D 2.6 
with a 6600GT in it and when anybody saw it they said "wow" yaknow I 
don't know of anybody who on seeing vista has gone "wow" out loud at the 
eye candy.  People actually crowded around to watch me just using the 
computer hoping i would flip desktops or something. There was a certain 
amount of geek pride there ;->

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