Le 28/12/2010 13:19, Kim Leyendecker a écrit :
Hello folks!
I work together with some older people (60-70 years of life) and try to teach them some computer knowledge. I also say often that it will be easier to use a Linux-distro like openSUSE. So I ask myself, how I can say these people that openSUSE is better (easier) for them then Windows. They use Windows 7 and sometimes their are some really big problems they can´t fix by themselves. So they ask me. I think that openSUSE is easier for them because you just need to update your packages and don´t download a new exe-file for keep your system up-to-date.
older people may have different needs than most of us... my mother (now 90) started to use computer with windows 98 more than 10 years ago... she used openSUSE for several years and liked it a lot, but I was obliged to keep her with Vista, I will say why. The things she liked the most was the screen saver :-). Liked the most the various (random), ones. The only thing that was difficult for her at the very beginning was to use the mouse. Clic, drag, drop, was very difficult. The ability of windows to move menus entry while dragging was extremely harmfull, because she always removed menu entrys by mistakes... The main advantage of Linux is the complete remote access. I'm 150 miles away from her and could still manage the computer through the network. I couldn't stay with openSUSE (and she regrets that), because one of the main use she have is to watch ppt and pps files send by his friends, and I never could make openoffice read them completely (with sound, flasheds, moves, etc). I can still manage the computer through VNC, but it's pretty inconvenient. I also have to say Vista is the worst windows ever (never really used 7) she uses mostely firefox and thunderbird jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://pizzanetti.fr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org