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Screenshot is of my mom's current desktop, and the download link is to a shell script I made for her with a kdialog front-end. On the screenshot you can see a link to it-- "Choice Menu".

Just some ideas for a desktop setup for older people (40 and up ;-D).

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Changelog:

-Now on www.kde-apps.org, currently only entry in "Other Software" section (direct link: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9717)
- Made script defaults more general
- Added a few comments for readability



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 Fantastic!

 
 by SeanParsons on: Nov 21 2003  
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That is a great idea. I modified the script some, but I have just added the same thing to my mother's desktop.

Thanks


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 Re: Fantastic!

 
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I'd hope so. Unless your mother has a friend named Gloria too ;-). If you make a kewl modification, feel free to distribute it.


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 whippersnappers...

 
 by kaha on: Nov 21 2003  
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for older people (40 and up ;-D).

Hey, I resemble that remark!

*waves his cane menacingly*


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 Re: whippersnappers...

 
 by Brandybuck on: Nov 22 2003  
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I resemble it too, and I'm not sure whether I should be offended or not. Is the implication that people older than 40 need special interfaces? Is it that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks?" What?

I'm wondering if anyone needs to inform Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson that they need special interfaces on their desktops or they won't be able to use email...


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 Re: Re: whippersnappers...

 
 by L0rclA5CII on: Nov 22 2003  
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I suppose I could have said something like "for people with limited computer literacy", but I'd rather make a blanket statement that will get a rise out of someone ;-). And yes, I do realize that many people involved in Computer Science are over 40, many of whom are great advancers in the field. I use this very example to counter the "I'm too old" argument I get from "old" people.

Just like the "computers were before my time" excuse. So you mean to tell me you were born before 1890, when Herman Hollerith invented one of the first electro-mechanical computers? Or in a broader sense, referring to any computational device, we have the abacus dating back to possibly 1000 BC. It was also common to refer to people who were experts at computation as "computers" all the way into the 1950's. We also have the first graphical interface, and the concept of hypertext links coming from that same decade.

Really the people who use these excuses are either lazy or afraid or both. They should just admit they're not willing to learn. If one is willing to learn, ley can overcome any ignorance.

Well, anyhow, that's the end of my rant. Mainly I'm talking about people like my grandfather btw. He commonly *brags* about how "I don't even know how to turn the damn thing on". My mother, on the other hand, can be frustrating with some self-imposed limitations (i.e she doesn't manage her own /home directory), but she's been willing to try out GNU/Linux, and is willing to learn anything if it's "shown", but like a lot of users, learns by rote, and gets annoyed when I try to explain anything in abstractions.

-A punk kid who likes to upset old people with pompous statements ;-)
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 by janet on: Jan 22 2006  
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I agree it is nice for mothers and fathers ;) I am a 40 year old woman and the computer freak in our family. That's a nice idea I will introduce to my father (70) and my aunt (63) and our local seniors computer club. 40 - boy where are you living... ;)

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 Another Idea

 
 by L0rclA5CII on: Nov 21 2003  
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I also have a link to the script in ~/.kde/Autostart, so that it pops up when she logs in.


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 Great Idea

 
 by leopeeps on: Nov 22 2003  
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Great Idea. Very handy. Might get the wife to convert now. I can think of a few other uses as well. Wish I thought of it. Well done.


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 fortune

 
 by lazychris2000 on: Nov 23 2003  
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whered u get the fortune thing that was in the preview?


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 by L0rclA5CII on: Nov 24 2003  
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It's a karamba theme. In my case, it came with Karamba 0.17. It's very simple and doesn't use any python scripting, so I don't think it comes with the new SuperKaramba. You can actually build the theme yourself it's so simple. If you take something like my Evolution theme (I believe it's somewhere still buried on this site) and modify it to run "fortune -s" rather than my script, then you'd basically have it.


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 Nice icons

 
 by coudek on: Jan 6 2004  
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I have seen your desktop and icons from
Finding Nemo are very beautiful! I love this film. Could you tell me where Can I download them? Thanks.
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 Re: Nice icons

 
 by L0rclA5CII on: Jan 7 2004  
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Got them from ThemeDepot here --> http://www.themedepot.org/itemdetail.php4?id=1046


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