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The Ubuntu install is amazing. Amazing. The last linux distro I tried was RH5.0 which nearly landed me in a straight jacket before I relented. It took me all of an evening to get Ubuntu running to satisfaction with all of the settings I wanted, media players, codecs, e-mail, web surfing, file sharing, NTFS partition access, running windows games in wine… the list goes on.

I’m sold, however, I am not the only party that uses the computer. My wife needs convincing as well. How do I convince her to live with the few tiny inconveniences so that I don’t have to fix Windows three times a week? She loves WeatherBug. She has a special program for her direct sales business (which she can run on her XP laptop just as well). She is used to her e-mail client and is reluctant to try another. What’s a geek to do?

]]> By: Iain http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-17 Iain Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:49:55 +0000 http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-17 Turboprint was poor on my Canon i350. I should have just forked out for a new printer in the first place. Turboprint was poor on my Canon i350. I should have just forked out for a new printer in the first place.

]]> By: theOneneO http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-16 theOneneO Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:12:21 +0000 http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-16 I posted to your digg article about this. You can use Turboprint for linux. It works for my Canon printer and nothing else did. One main problem though, it's not free, cost around $40. I posted to your digg article about this. You can use Turboprint for linux. It works for my Canon printer and nothing else did. One main problem though, it’s not free, cost around $40.

]]> By: Paul http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-15 Paul Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:11:31 +0000 http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-15 My wife and i both have used Ubuntu, Slackware, Zenwalk and Suse without a problem. When it comes to linux she is not very 'technically adept"...on the install and setup process...but she knows how to get the job done using it and knows her way around it. Currently we are using Zenwalk, but i am a man who constantly changes distros every week. I will probably install Ubuntu again soon. I believe Ubuntu has it right...Synaptic and the decent Ubuntu repository choices are a step in the right direction for anyone new to linux. I doubt we will use XP again, but then again i cannot "knock" XP either...because a properly configured XP system can be made quite secure and productive. Probably when it comes to Windows...it is more user error that causes problems...such as surfing for porn and downloading a virus or spyware because of it... My wife and i both have used Ubuntu, Slackware, Zenwalk and Suse without a problem. When it comes to linux she is not very ‘technically adept”…on the install and setup process…but she knows how to get the job done using it and knows her way around it.

Currently we are using Zenwalk, but i am a man who constantly changes distros every week.

I will probably install Ubuntu again soon. I believe Ubuntu has it right…Synaptic and the decent Ubuntu repository choices are a step in the right direction for anyone new to linux.

I doubt we will use XP again, but then again i cannot “knock” XP either…because a properly configured XP system can be made quite secure and productive.
Probably when it comes to Windows…it is more user error that causes problems…such as surfing for porn and downloading a virus or spyware because of it…

]]> By: Iain http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-14 Iain Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:21:54 +0000 http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-14 My non-technical wife uses Xubuntu without problems. I just bought us an HP Deskjet 5940 to get over the printing problem. Ubuntu is not hassle-free, but neither is Windows. My non-technical wife uses Xubuntu without problems. I just bought us an HP Deskjet 5940 to get over the printing problem. Ubuntu is not hassle-free, but neither is Windows.

]]> By: alizaki http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-12 alizaki Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:43:41 +0000 http://alizaki.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/the-ubuntu-girlfriend-experiment/#comment-12 Its not a question of time investment, its also a question of skill in my opinion. My Windows system is quite stable and usually stays that way. An annual reinstall is usually all I need to do (software updates are mostly automated now). Her system though, with the same software, is barely usable Its not a question of time investment, its also a question of skill in my opinion. My Windows system is quite stable and usually stays that way. An annual reinstall is usually all I need to do (software updates are mostly automated now). Her system though, with the same software, is barely usable

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