Re: Classic Gnubie accident

Ron Johnson:
On 10/30/06 03:04, Jochen Schulz wrote:

It's not that I don't know how to start X from a console. But I (almost)
always need X anyway. And apart from that, I have a non-geek
girlfriend[1] using my computer from time to time.

My wife was *easily* trained not to fear the black text screen, and
I put startx in her .bashrc (with a little wrapper so that it would
only run from the console, not an xterm window).

Certainly your GF can be similarly trained.

Well, at least not by me. I still have a hard time teaching her about
the concept of files and folders. :) And what I actually find more
important is that she grasps GUI concepts she will need in her work
life.

J.
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