Hi On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Gautam John <[email protected]> wrote: > > and > we're considering migrating everyone to Ubuntu. Some 50 desktops and > 50 laptops. > > Would anyone have advice? A manual? Guidelines?
here is an interesting post by a long time windows uses *Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows* *Can a dedicated Windows user make it for two weeks using only Linux? Preston Gralla tried it and lived to tell this tale.* http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Operating+Systems&articleId=9126042&taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1 *** a few of my comments: 1. i read the entire post and don't agree with quite a lot of what the author says - but this is a good read to understand the mindset of a windows user and what can be their potential problems 2. She reviews 8.04 - which is ok but 8.10 rocks - its rock solid and performs like a champion (cliched huh but you know what its true) 3. The author has skipped quite a few more features that are built (like print to pdf from within almost any user software) or the security aspect has beed glossed over - look at whats happening all around - 9 mil computers affected by a worm - users maybe careless but so many users can't be all to blame , face it windows is insecure 4. Regarding installing programmes - no one told her about synaptic which makes any windows installer look stupid - it not only finds you programmes (many alternatives of each) it also instals it from the most secure place and makes sure it works) 5. The author chooses to blame linux for not beaing able to see vista , it could well be the other way around - "saala vista mere linux he nahi dekh pata useless hai" 6. Which windows os can give you god only knows how many languages to boot into and use (i guess the limitation is your hard disk size) 7. Of course she discusses only tools that come on board with Ubuntu (by default) by default in any windows OS your get almost zilch and then you choose to install software you want so there are many many alternatives for what ever the default software is there some of my favorites are Mozilla Thunderbird for outlook type email services gthumb for image viewing pdfedit for pdf editing pdfimport extension again for pdf editing etc etc am not sure what the author means by redlining documents for editing - there is a "track changes" feature but not the annotations with the track changes which is what i think the author is saying - 8. read the comments - they will also give one an idea of what to expect when the changeover takes place 9. Ubuntu (and Linux) is not windows - its different its like comparing samosa's with idlies - finally - solutions for almost everything are available on various ubuntu forums and most of the time they are free ;-) sometimes it may cost you a beer or a coffee ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
