Parental Units Setup

From Brandonhutchinson.com

My parents somehow agreed to try Linux. Here the steps I performed after the default install of Ubuntu 7.10.

Remove the metacity minimize animation

• Disable the animation.

$ gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources true

• Display contents of windows when moving (i.e., disable the awful wireframe effect).

$ gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true

Install Opera

• Add the Opera .deb repository.

$ sudo sh -c 'echo "# The Opera browser (packages)\ndeb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free"'

• Add the deb.opera.com GPG key.

$ sudo sh -c 'wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -'

• Install Opera.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opera

Install Internet Explorer 6

Install IE6 just-in-case a site is unusable with Firefox or Opera. Instructions on installing IE6 on Ubuntu are here[1].