Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 12/20/2016 10:25 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 December 2016 12:25:52 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 12/19/2016 5:28 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> > > [1] Actual case. Thinks she is using Windows because she has
> > > LibreOffice. Certainly not representative of all grandmothers.
> >
> > I suspect the User Experience is as important as Application
> > Software.
> > Do you know which desktop is being used?
> >
> > I've been recommending Debian to an elderly friend who has
> > expressed annoyance with current version(s) of Windows. He has
> > sent me an old laptop with an implied "put up or shut up". I want
> > to put together a demo system that will be attractive to him. I
> > currently planning on Mate as the desktop. We live 1000 miles
> > apart so can't just drive over to show him what I use. Comments? TIA
>
> http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201211.html
> http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201211.pdf

The later is a fascinating read.
And not only because he agrees with me!

Should be required reading for ALL introductory Comp Sci 
curricula ! !! !!!!!


> Initially it was called Debian Adapted for Dad.  The name was changed as it
> got more publicity, since it is the desktop layer that Adam's father actually
> sees.
>
> It was originally done on KDE 3, because it is so configurable.  And that is
> why I use TDE, KDE 3's successor.
>
> Lisi