29 Dec
2010
29 Dec
'10
10:53
Am 28.12.2010 17:25, schrieb Obamaramalamadingdong: > 1: a laptop with openSUSE on it -- so that they can see that it's > just as "pointy-clicky" as Windows (and for the more technically > minded -- those who used to be accountants, engineers, etc. and, > those who are/were avid players of historical war (board)games, > show them the command line, and also documentation (the man > command), and the wealth of programming languages available, > The more technically minded people tend to LOVE the fact that > you can actually get the computer to do what they were originally > designed for -- AUTOMATING DULL, REPETITIVE, ERROR-PRONE TASKS. My laptop. > > 2: LIVE DVD (explain that running off the DVD is only a demo > mode that runs slower -- due to the nature of DVDs -- and that > an installation on the hard disk will literally be about 100x > more responsive) A live DVD? That´s easy. I have 4-5 of them here. > > 3: Offer to set up dual-boot capabilities -- that gives them > the EMOTIONAL security of being able to back-out into something > familiar (or to play that game that hasn't been ported yet). my laptop: - openSUSE 11.3 - Windows 7 Home Premium Ok, thank you. I try to give them some information and show how easy is openSUSE. kdl -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker@hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador powered by openSUSE 11.3 KDE This mail was composed under Linux Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org