From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Sep 5 4: 0:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E018D37B400 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 04:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2226A43EB3 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 04:00:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dlavigne6@cogeco.ca) Received: from d226-39-211.home.cgocable.net (d226-39-211.home.cgocable.net [24.226.39.211]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A96E2578; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 07:00:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 07:06:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any X-Windows tutorial for novice users? In-Reply-To: <3D7691D0.24642.A127282@localhost> Message-ID: <20020905070415.H164-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Dan Langille wrote: > My mother has never used Windows (of any kind). She's never used a > mouse. I'm trying to find a simple tutorial to introduce her to all > of this. Hi Dan, The most effective way (sometimes too effective :) of teaching mouse coordination is to introduce the person to solitaire. I'd highly recommend Pysol. My daughter, who avoids computers, does like Tetris and Xbill. Though check out Xbill yourself first to see if it is suited to your mother's sense of humour. Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message