Nice! All the computers in my house are either fully Ubuntu or dual boot with WinXP (one laptop dual boot with Vista, ughh!!).
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Grant Paton-Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Heh - I know the issues involved in swapping over a family myself. And > a year ago I would have agreed it wasn't quite worth it. But my family > is basically all Ubuntu now with XP and win98 lingering on in a > subordinate capacity. > > The work/kids' machine is quad boot (win98, XP, Intrepid, and Jaunty > alpha 1). A vast number of children's games that we had never been able > to get working in XP work flawlessly in win98. Most of the rest of the > time is in Intrepid (with Compiz etc which the kids love). > > My main development machine is Intrepid with XP under VirtualBox (XP is > only activated as and when needed). > > The notebook and my wife's computer are both pure-play Intrepid. > > My wife is happier with the Ubuntu machine than with Windows XP > (although I know about the piercing stare issue from when I was > smoothing out a few rough edges at the start). Additionally my > grandfather, parents-in-law, and mother are all using Ubuntu (dual boot > with XP in the latter case). Given I am effectively the support person > for everyone I much prefer working with Ubuntu. > > One of the things I especially like with Ubuntu is the greater safety > wrt the Internet. Plus I prefer the interface to XP/Vista. And > everything we use just works and was very easy to install (Open Office, > Inkscape, GIMP, Firefox etc etc). > > Some links: > http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=208 (Win98, WinXP, and Intrepid Partitions) > > http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=105 (Upgrading from Windows XP to Ubuntu) > > http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=35 (Windows XP Infested, Replace with > Ubuntu Hardy Heron) > > I found medibuntu solved all my media format problems; my old Powershot > G2 camera is fine; but I agree about video editing and games. Of > course, the kids play all the Ubuntu games as well as the existing ones > so they are pretty happy! Even resurrected Cosmo (anyone remember > that?) using Dosbox on Intrepid. I finally got robust folder sharing > and network printing to work - something I had always failed at with XP. > > So people will have different experiences depending on their circumstances. > > > All the best, Grant > > > Paul Bennett wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Harvey Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> >> OK, looks like I managed to figure this one out myself. >> >> Damn, getting software to install on Linux by yourself is such a good >> feeling, it's like winning a good hand of poker or hooking up with >> a hot >> woman. Those windows installshields take all the excitement out of it. >> >> Harvey. >> >> >> Haha! Classic! >> >> That's because it's so damn hard! I annoyed the heck out of my family >> by playing with Ubuntu earlier this year: >> >> Wife: "Hey, this doesn't work anymore - oh, because it's *Linux*" >> (insert piercing glare here) >> Wife: "Can't you just leave things alone - it worked fine on Windows" >> Kids: "Dad, why can't we play games any more?" >> Me: "OK, I'll just grab some video from the camera. Oh....Man, where >> are those XP backup discs?..." >> >> http://thingsilearn.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/windows-to-linuxand-back-again/ >> >> :) >> Paul >> >> > > > > > -- Visit my website: http://onlinesid.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
