The Linux Box: Desktop Adapted for Dad (DAD)*

[ Thanks to Sean Parsons for this link. ]

"The ideas in this article came from my project to give my retired father a computer running Debian Sarge and KDE. All the ideas can be transposed to any modern Linux/Unix distribution, and most of these ideas should work with any desktop system.

"My father is in his late 60s, and has never used a computer before, though he has seen others use them. There are a lot of people that now fall into this so called 'silver surfer' category..."

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