[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sophisticated

[alan c]

Robin Menneer wrote:
> Neil
> As a new comer to Ubuntu,

Welcome!

> I find that it is unnecessarily
> sophisticated. 

It would be very useful to know a little more about an example or two 
on what you find as over sophisticated.

I set up and ran the age concern berks UKOnline Centre for some years 
in Reading, and I would be happy to be aware of your desired approach.

> What I need is an operating system that will run Open
> Office and similar freeware on a simple turn-key basis, and not all
> the facilities that I seem to have on my downloaded version of Ubuntu
> - which I had to get someone else to install.  I don't mind
> non-essentials being on the hard drive, but I don't want to be able to
> access it or to suffer if it goes wrong.   I started computing with
> Fortran 1 over 30 years ago and had one of the first Commodore Pets,
> and have managed to keep away from Windows, moving from DOS to Susi
> and Tiger

You did well to stay away from windows. I do not know what susi and 
tiger are though, sorry.

> Now aged 75 my needs are much more simple and your
> attitude to a suitable cut-down desktop based Obuntu would suit me as
> well as to newcomers.

There are various possibilities. It is easy for the install person to 
first install a standard system  and then remove  a lot of programs, 
and some facilities if they know what is required. The problem arises 
when people want different things.  One person wants to play a video 
and another wants to use online chatrooms (my very aged ex mother in 
law), another just letters and email etc.

Where in the UK are you located?
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391