I went the cheaper (both meanings of the word intended) way with my parents, and got them a Linux box. I haven't had to do much adminning since Dad doesn't know who or what root is. I can simply ssh in and fix stuff up as needed, really only patches.
I got the memory, this box is up to a Gig. I really don't understand why Apple's default is only 256 MB. I was doing standard stuff last night and my memory footprint was 286 MB. No problem with a Gig, but a recipe for swap on a default config.
A simple Mac question that was driving me buggy last night. Is there an equivalent to "Shift-End" to select from cursor to the end of the line? I was trying it last night in FireFox (and I think Safari) and it wasn't working. I tried Option and Apple as well, and it didn't seem to do anything.
Is there a good book for people that are not computer novices in the slightes t (more than two decades experience) but are Mac novices?
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Date: 2004-12-02 02:54 pm (UTC)I got the memory, this box is up to a Gig. I really don't understand why Apple's default is only 256 MB. I was doing standard stuff last night and my memory footprint was 286 MB. No problem with a Gig, but a recipe for swap on a default config.
A simple Mac question that was driving me buggy last night. Is there an equivalent to "Shift-End" to select from cursor to the end of the line? I was trying it last night in FireFox (and I think Safari) and it wasn't working. I tried Option and Apple as well, and it didn't seem to do anything.
Is there a good book for people that are not computer novices in the slightes t (more than two decades experience) but are Mac novices?