On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Leo Mauler <webgiant@yahoo.com> wrote:
How about because I want to get them used to the idea of regular updates, in particular security updates?

These folks aren't Internet-free because they want to be Internet free, they're Internet-free because the money isn't there yet.  Now that a technical person (me) is available and willing to put in volunteer hours to add computers to their art center, they've already started looking into obtaining funding for Internet service.  Its just a matter of time before their arts center computers become "exposed to internet hacking."

And when you connect these computers to the Internet, you'll be able to do updates easily.  Explain to them that the need for security updates isn't significant while they're not connected, but that fortunately, being connected also makes doing the updates really easy. As a tech-support person, I know all about bad habits that users get into, so I would even put it in writing, and make them sign it.

But if you think there's a good chance they'll have the Internet soon, try to time the install so that you can skip that step, and just show them how to do online updates.