Help with installing proggies

[Mike McGinn]

On Wednesday 20 May 2009 12:31:38 pm sdavmor wrote:
> J Bickhard wrote:
> > Okay, but my parents machines both run Winxp. Wait a minit, I could
> > just use the live disk! So I pop in the live disk, it connects to the
> > internet, I open up Aptitude, DL all the crap I want to onto my dads
> > flash drive, pop it in my real Ubuntu machine, install it, then erase
> > all trace of those files from the flash drive. This is where, in the
> > Guiness commercs, they would say "BRILLIANT!"
>
> You and my teenage son would get along very well! :-)
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I had a similar problem when I was thirteen. Then it was electronics and high 
voltage. I had to convince my parents to trust me enough so I would not get 
myself killed. This involved convincing them that I knew enough not to get 
myself killed. As a parent, I see their point about the internet.

I suggest you sit sown with them and explain your problem. Explain that you 
need occasional internet access to get software. In your discussions with 
them, stress that this is helping you learn about how computers work -- 
parents like that. Try and work out a way so you can have a supervised 
internet connection while you get your updates and software. You probably will 
not get it on your first try, but be patient, be persistent and don't be 
obnoxious. Thirteen was forty years ago from me, but I think they will 
probably find a way to accommodate your needs if you convince them you are not 
trying to subvert their authority.

They are only trying to keep you safe.

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