On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 08:17:11AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:26:21 +0100 > "C. Gatzemeier" <c.gatzemeier@tu-bs.de> wrote: > > > What are the specific needs? > > > > Maybe desktop-profiles can help you with user/group specific settings, > > pam-group with default hardware groups memberships etc. > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo > > While that's good stuff and may come in handy, no, I was thinking > merely of providing a "graduated" set of initial configurations for > desktops for each of a few different age ranges, i.e. choice of default > window manager, reliance more on icons or text to navigate the desktop, > and the degree to which the underlying system is "exposed" to the > user. At one end of the spectrum we have the very young "keyboard > banger" type of user who needs a very visual, "activity center" type of > desktop experience where they are free to randomly press keys to make > interesting things happen without causing damage that is a hassle to > fix, and at the other end are kids who have mastered the keyboard and > mouse, know how to read, and pretty much could use any desktop > environment "out of the box" with minimal guidance. Between these > extremes are children of varying expertise with the mouse and keyboard > who need their desktop environments configured in such a way as to > allow them the maximum amount of freedom with a minimum amount of > frustration. this is the best description I've seen so far in this thread. A
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