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12-16-2009, 08:41 PM
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Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 70
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Linux People need to build a new "old-lady Mint-OS".. "Mint Julep"...
My 87 relative flatly refuses to permit me to install Mint in her Notebook, because she says she's "not confident with mint yet"... I built her a Mint desktop.. She likes it, but she's slow at learning new things at 87...
I wonders how many more times I'll have to teach her how to save Internet files in Mint..? Maybe she wants Me to save the 4000 emails in her XP OE..? Probably... "WhooH! "XP", I shudders all the ways to me timbers when I thinks that I gotta spend about 4 to 6 hours restoring her notebook's XP OS.. when Mint takes only just over an hour... You might say XP is one of my worst nightmares.. "Twas the XP-nightmare before christmas.. and all through the house"......
Would be nice if there was a simpleton mint-tutorial that teaches mindless and dying people to operate Linux-Mint smoothly...
Everything must be as step by step as it can get... It's all gotta-be "bedrock yubbadubbadoo" stuff...
But I just can't get my stuff down-to "yubbado mentality", not since grade-one... same as that I lose my cookies from the smells of a rural carcass dump... Not good to be in the middle of one when you suddenly realizes you shouldn't be.. "whooh!.. It feels like "escaping hell itself"... Every human should experience a carcass dump at least once in their lives, to see and know what we do to our planet's living things...
Maybe Linux People need to build an "old-lady Mint-OS"..?
Maybe call it "Mint Julep"...
Show some honest substantial respect to the Elderly...
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12-16-2009, 10:10 PM
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#2
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NJ, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 5,852
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I don't really know what to say about any of this...
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12-17-2009, 04:36 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Distribution: Gentoo, LFS, Debian,Ubuntu
Posts: 1,537
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MS3FGX
I don't really know what to say about any of this...
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hahahaha took the words right out of my mouth there.
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08-18-2016, 10:26 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2016
Distribution: Ubuntu 16.04 with Cinnamon 3.0 desktop (as of Sept 2016)
Posts: 19
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Maybe you should just be happy
Gosh! Your 87 yo mother isn't comfortable with Mint. (I HATED MINT, myself. I run Ubuntu 16.04 with the Cinnamon Desktop. But that's beside the point.
About 1 1/2 years ago I called my 87 yo mother. She started crying and said, "I can't even play my games and Solitaire on the computer anymore. It's like jibberish." She was dead within six months. So, if your relatives are still alive, "Quit your bit&*ing."
I hope your mother is still alive at this time. This is an old thread, I know.
(I am 60 yo and if my mind gets like that, I will move to Oregon. Some things are legal there that are not legal where I now live.)
Maybe Linux People need to build an "old-lady Mint-OS"..?
Maybe call it "Mint Julep"...
Show some honest substantial respect to the Elderly...[/QUOTE]
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08-18-2016, 10:52 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: antiX 23, MX 23
Posts: 7,296
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Giving me the biggest grin possible ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I built a physically wheeled rolling desktop computer for a 90 year old lady that is a personal buddy of my wife and a 2nd mom to me.
I installed AntiX on it with auto login. Rox desktop withT large icons for internet, chat, email,
Solitaire game set, KMahjongg game set, Frozen Bubble. Facebook bookmark. Twitter bookmark.
Search engine/home page button is startpage.
Nothing fancy. Just the basics
No updates unless I come over and do it. Which happens about avert 3 or 4 weeks. Runs Jessie repos. No systemd.
Ruth is a happy camper on her Linux computer that her daughter has no clue on how Ruth operates it or I maintain it.
I loved the get off my lawn post above. I am a retired scooter tramp on social security myself.
Last edited by rokytnji; 08-18-2016 at 10:57 AM.
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08-18-2016, 06:39 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
Posts: 6,282
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(Nevermind)
Last edited by ardvark71; 08-19-2016 at 03:54 AM.
Reason: Deleted information.
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08-18-2016, 07:15 PM
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#7
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,711
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ardvark71
Hi mybrothersentme and rokytnji...
Did you guys notice the date of the original post? 
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Did you notice they commented on it?
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08-19-2016, 03:51 AM
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#8
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
Posts: 6,282
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mybrothersentme
(I am 60 yo and if my mind gets like that, I will move to Oregon. Some things are legal there that are not legal where I now live.)
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Hi...
But that doesn't mean they're beneficial for folks.
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 08-19-2016 at 03:53 AM.
Reason: Changed smiley.
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08-19-2016, 08:23 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,711
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ardvark71
Hi...
But that doesn't mean they're beneficial for folks. 
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...and since he doesn't say what he's talking about, how would you know, exactly??? And what is 'beneficial' for you may not be for others...and vice-versa.
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08-24-2016, 12:54 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Distribution: Gentoo, LFS, Debian,Ubuntu
Posts: 1,537
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LOL when I commented on this back in 2009 I figured it was just some gibberish that was posted.
Thanks for the time travel hop back to 2009 for some LQ wierdness. :P
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08-24-2016, 01:07 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,955
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Quote:
Originally Posted by exvor
LOL when I commented on this back in 2009 I figured it was just some gibberish that was posted.
Thanks for the time travel hop back to 2009 for some LQ wierdness. :P
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Most of it is still gibberish...
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08-25-2016, 03:43 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Debian, SUSE, NXOS
Posts: 242
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To me, the word giberrish means slightly gibber, but that first post up there is very berry gibbler.. I mean gibber.
Quote:
(I am 60 yo and if my mind gets like that, I will move to Oregon. Some things are legal there that are not legal where I now live.)
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^
Last edited by biosboy4; 08-25-2016 at 03:44 PM.
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08-25-2016, 04:45 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2015
Posts: 645
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mybrothersentme
12-17-09 05:36 AM
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Did u noticed the date ? ? ?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html
Old threads/"necro-bumping"
Do your part to keep the forums tidy. Posting in old threads, or "necrobumping" is generally discouraged in the technical issue subforums, since it can potentially create disjointed "zombie" information; outdated posts with data which is no longer relevant due to Arch's rolling nature, combined with more recent posts reflecting more current circumstance. Furthermore, technical support threads should remain succinct, and multiple pages are to be avoided if possible.
Rules of thumb
If you have a question, start a new thread and link to the old if relevant.
If you have something to add and judge that your information is related, but more up-to-date, start a new thread and link to the old if desired, but avoid duplicating effort by posting information already contained in the Arch wiki.
If you have a version-agnostic or corresponding solution, necrobumping can be appropriate.
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08-26-2016, 12:40 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2013
Posts: 19,872
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mybrothersentme
This is an old thread, I know.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TB0ne
Did you notice they commented on it?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by un1x
Did u noticed the date ? ? ?
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someone's late to being late to a late party.
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08-26-2016, 12:49 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,955
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ondoho
someone's late to being late to a late party.
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Well, Grandma is 94 now, so give her a break!
Not as spry as she was at 87.
I do find myself wondering how I'd start a new thread, link back to this thread, and say something relevant.
At the very least I've learned that MINT extends back as far as "Ought Six", and that it was once called Barbara. (The name of one of my ex girlfriends ... hoping the wife doesn't read this!)
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