cosmosys

The problem with dual booting is that its too much work for her. The only way to get her to learn something with the computer is to throw her into it and force her to learn. If its easier to go onto win98 she will abandon linux and vice versa. So dual booting is kind of irrelevant.

And another question I would like to post. She plays games on MSN Zone.com. The problem with the site is that you need to download a program that lets you access the site, and being 'msn' there is no linux version of the program. Do you think it would be possible if i could run the program using an emulator?

Most of the games that she plays are neopets.com flash games

Quote: cosmosys, did you ever get Linux up and running on your brother's box? not yet. gotta wait till i go down and see him this summer

Since they are dropping support for Win98 im going to suggest that my girlfriend's mother switch to linux(because its free!). Hardware support won't be a problem since her computer is more than 4 years old. What flavor of linux would you suggest for her computer. All she uses it for is email and playing online games(flash/java). And since she has never used linux before I would like a version that would be easy to maintain and similar to win98(so she feels a little more at home).

I've been looking into a scanner for my machine that I'm building and I would like some suggestions on any good scanners that you have been successful with under linux.

Im looking into buying a Tv tuner card for a machine im building to run Mythtv. Im thinking about either the ATI TV Wonder or the Asus TV-FM card. Has anyone had any experience with either card, or could recomend a similar or better 'cheap' tuner card?

Thanks for your help. Its scary thinking about him going online with windows, too much could go wrong. linux will be so much better suited for him.

Im looking to install a linux distro on my brothers machine. the only thing he uses his computer for is image editing, listening to music and surfing the web. Im more than 1500 miles away from him and cant do tech support that often for him. I figure linux would be a better alternative for him than windows. My question is what linux distro would you suggest I get that would suit his needs.