On Sunday 04 November 2007 20:15:23 Richard Detwiler wrote: > NoOp wrote: > > On 11/04/2007 07:59 AM, jonathon wrote: > >> Possibly easier solution > >> > >> * Download the Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD. > >> * Burn to disk. > >> * Restart your system, with the LiveCD in the CD slot, so that > >> it boots up. * Open OOo on the Live CD. > >> * Open the individual Works documents in OOo. > >> * Save documents to a USB drive in ODF format > >> * Remove CD from the CD Drive > >> * Reboot the system > >> * Restart Windows > >> > >> xan > >> > >> jonathon > > > > Are you serious? Here is a person that appears to know little > > or nothing about computers and you are suggesting that they > > magically switch to linux? BTW: 7.10 is the latest release, and > > LiveCD *doesn't* work on many older systems, just booting the > > LiveCD is like watching the grass grow in Nebraska in December. > > Have to voice a strong agreement with that last statement! Over > the weekend, I decided to give Linux a shot, and tried making the > Ubuntu CD as per instructions (which worked well). Then I booted > my computer from the CD, and it was so incredibly slow that a > number of times I thought that something major must have gone > wrong. When I read this, I couldn't believe that this was being > proposed as a "possibly easier solution". Talk about a recipe for > frustration! > > Needless to say, my attempt to explore Linux by booting from a CD > only lasted long enough for me to regain control over Linux > (around 20 minutes I believe) so I could shut it down! I'm not > saying that Linux isn't a good OS -- only that booting from a CD > on my system only led to frustration, and was apparently not a > good example of what Linux is like (at least I hope it wasn't).
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