Question #77535 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77535
Tom posted a new comment: Well, it was a bit of a classic case really - you'll probably hear this one a lot. To start with i almost exclusively booted into Windows but started to boot into gnu&linux out of fascination and to do web-browsing more safely. I found out how to set the default boot to go into Windows. Then i found that running antivirus scans and the subsequent repair work work was better and easier from linux. That made me realise i could read Windows data and so i started using OpenOffice to write stuff. Odd diagrams and pictures were easier in gimp, in Windows i hadn't got past "Paint" and Photoshop scared me but somehow Gimp was easy enough, even though it's a lot like Photoshop to look at. That gave me most of what i needed for tech support to a few clients by email, so i didn't need to go round to visit them so much. Oh and screenshots are easier too, just press the "Print Screen" key, if you press "Alt" at the same time no-one could tell that i wasn't in Windows ;) Then i had a bit more free time and got my neighbour to sort multimedia for me. Then i found a couple of games "Wesnoth" and "Glest" which are a little bit like "World of Warcraft" which i hadn't played since Playstation1 - both quite different twists on WoW though. "Glest" is beautiful. Err that's about when i realised that somehow in 6 months i had gradually weaned myself off Windows without really trying. Occasional hassles with one thing or other would send me back into Windows but now i only go back to get screenshots or check up on something, perhaps check where things are in menus or something and perhaps do a quick defrag while there! lol. It's main function is as a backup OS in case something happens to stop me booting into Ubuntu & also some things like games and stuff do work better in Windows at first so if i need them it wont be a nightmare of trying to reinstall and reinstate Windows :) So about then is when i changed the default to boot into Ubuntu <shrugs> Ok, for a lot of people the migration to linux is a huge hassle and there's desperate desire to free themselves from Windows within a certain time-frame, or against a deadline. Take that stress out of it and feel free to go back and forth and it's all quite easy really. I do really like Windows tho. It breaks down so often and has such a load of problems that people are always needing someone to fix things for them :) Anyway, good luck and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
