[Hidden-tech] Linux as notebook option for low techies - auto login and others

[Rich Roth]

This are some notes from the discussion last week about $400 notebooks,
specific to using linux (the thread was about buying them)


1) Simpler login:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/ch12s01.html
   You can turn on auto login too

      From:      kelly at left-click.us

2) Like all other modern Linux distributions, Ubuntu can be easily
configured to
    auto login selected users.  (On Ubuntu's default Gnome desktop, I
think that's
    set up in System/Administration/Login Window.)

    I've set up several netbooks for non-technical users, who have all
been very
    pleased with Ubuntu (netbook remix).  I bought these from Amazon,
who kindly
r    efunded $58 for the cost of pre-installed Windows each time.
        Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>

3)  To bypass login for Ubuntu -- Login and go to
        System->administration->Login Screen.  There you can tell it
(once you
        unlock it with your password) to automatically log in a specific
user
        each time. Then voila! no login page anymore.

    (obviously, this isn't that safe if you have stuff you want to keep
    protected, but it doesn't sound like you do.)
     From: bethany at seeger.ws

-- 
Rich Roth
Webmaster/Steering Committee Member
Hidden-tech http://www.hidden-tech.net
The Talent you need is right here,
Join and share your skills