Somehow I have become tech support

[rhyll]

Two questions:
* Can anyone recommend a half-decent laptop (brand/model) for under AU$1500? Dr. C has agreed to me helping her to purchase a laptop and set it up with Ubuntu (hurrah!) All it really needs to do is word processing, etc, play music, and must be able to burn CDs.
* Does anyone else use Doteasy for their website hosting? I am using their free, training-wheels-on service to lower 'barriers to participation' for the Think Tank. BUT! how do you create a page without it showing up on the sidebar? I would be surprised and delighted if anyone here has come upon the same issue. Seriously, this is driving me crazy. I have had actual dreams about it, which is in a way pleasant because it's displacing the thesis-related-night-terrors.

Comments

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think that putting Ubuntu on an external drive might work well, since I'm a little worried about Dr. C as a first-time linux user - she's heading off to Cyprus soon, which will limit my ability to provide support... I imagine once I set everything up and show her how to use the terminal and the forums she'll be fine, but I'd be horrified if it didn't work out and she was left OS-less.