xp start menu for 10.10

[owners4life5]

i.m trying to move my dad to ubuntu, and i want it to look like xp so he doesn.t get 'overwhelmed'....

if there is anything like this, please let me know.

i.ll give any screenshots if needed.

thanks,

[owners4life5]

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[Verbeck]

something like this? link1 | link2

[owners4life5]

eh..maybe. i.ll look and see when i get home.

[mike555]

Linux Mint ?

[Bradtek]

Why not just move the main menu to the bottom left ?

[owners4life5]

Why not just move the main menu to the bottom left ?

well, see the attached screenshot. this is what i have so far, and i think it looks halfway-decent. it is just that when you go to open the start menu, it is the regular ubuntu main menu. i just want to know if there is anything i can download to replicate the 'extremely familiar' xp window my dad has come to know and love(:

[oboedad55]

well, see the attached screenshot. this is what i have so far, and i think it looks halfway-decent. it is just that when you go to open the start menu, it is the regular ubuntu main menu. i just want to know if there is anything i can download to replicate the 'extremely familiar' xp window my dad has come to know and love(:

Looks like Windows. I don't really understand the difficulty, the main menu says "Applications" with the categories underneath. Dead simple. Much more intuitive than "Start" IMHO. "Software Center" is at the bottom with easy to read categories once again. Bloody mindless. No need to go hunting around the Web for Java, Flash, video drivers, sound drivers, lan drivers, ad nauseum. I have a mentally disabled friend who has always used Windows and over the phone in two minutes was able to direct her to everything pertinent. The old guy may surprise you, some of us old farts are actually still capable of learning!

[owners4life5]

Looks like Windows. I don't really understand the difficulty, the main menu says "Applications" with the categories underneath. Dead simple. Much more intuitive than "Start" IMHO. "Software Center" is at the bottom with easy to read categories once again. Bloody mindless. No need to go hunting around the Web for Java, Flash, video drivers, sound drivers, lan drivers, ad nauseum. I have a mentally disabled friend who has always used Windows and over the phone in two minutes was able to direct her to everything pertinent. The old guy may surprise you, some of us old farts are actually still capable of learning!

haha i totally agree with everything you just said...my dad just doesn.t want to learn...ever seen 'that 70's show'? you know ret?

yeah, my dad is basically a duplicate.

imagine ret wanting to learn ubuntu, when he is used to xp. lol

[oboedad55]

haha i totally agree with everything you just said...my dad just doesn.t want to learn...ever seen 'that 70's show'? you know ret?

yeah, my dad is basically a duplicate.

imagine ret wanting to learn ubuntu, when he is used to xp. lol

Haha, I can just imagine. To me looking at a button that says "Start" and serves as some sort of link to *everything* is a lot more confusing. If he likes that kind of nested menu thing you could try him on Mint. It's almost as cluttered as XP and comes with all the codecs and java, etc. installed. The latest version Julia is rather decent at least in the looks department and hey, he'll get to have his muddled nested menu setup. There's even a "Control Panel" for him to foul things up with!