From: Tomas Hlavaty <tom@logand.com>
To: Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Workshop to save M$ Windows users - help needed
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:36:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y27a4fi1.fsf@logand.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADs++6gZXhJWvW3jN3PSmhrNjc+5UyzW6bvUtMbzV4Vacjhaxg@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun 03 Oct 2021 at 01:26, Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com> wrote:
> I talked to some MWUs who are interested in the workshop and they
> don't have any idea of how to use terminals - they think that in order
> to use a terminal one has to have a prodigious memory and prodigious
> typing skills. Terminals are COMPLETELY alien to them, and for several
> of them this is the main reason why they never tried to make their
> computers dual-boot and to install a GNU/Linux in a partition.
Maybe do not scare them with the word terminal.
Call it the black window.
Use that unique color to your advantage.
They will remember it and always find it.
Show them what up and down arrows do.
This worked with my mum.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-03 9:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-03 4:26 Workshop to save M$ Windows users - help needed Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-03 5:45 ` Jean Louis
2021-10-03 7:59 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-03 9:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-03 10:19 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-03 10:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-03 19:15 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-03 19:44 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-10-04 3:06 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-04 17:34 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-10-04 18:29 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-10-06 4:50 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-06 5:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-10-06 12:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-07 16:32 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-07 17:52 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-10-04 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-06 4:19 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-03 9:36 ` Tomas Hlavaty [this message]
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