I find it is best to go slow with those not overly enthused. My missus ran Xp for a long time, and wanted office so I installed open office, wanted to edit photos so I install the Gimp, wanted a multi-chat client, so I installed Gaim (as it was known at the time), and Clamwin for av. Then she started having driver issues. So I said you are already using all Open source apps, except for the OS, they will work better in Linux. She has been using Ubuntu now for just over 3 years.
Mother-in-law quickly followed suit when she saw the fancy screen savers and the ease of use. Good luck. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM, opm595 <opm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi Guys, > Rob here, out in Sydney's sunny South West. I thought, as a new list member > I'd drop you a line to say 'howdy doody' etc. > > I jumped ship about two years ago from that other OS that Bill and his > mates created, and I've been absolutely wrapped with Ubuntu ever since. > Truthfully, I had very little idea of what Linux actually was, prior to > someone introducing me to the Debian/Ubuntu family. I wouldn't say the > transition as a basic MS user was easy, but it certainly hasn't been overly > hard, or impossible either. Plus I think my learning curb towards computing > itself, in past couple of years, has definitely improved exponentially in a > positive way, and my persistence to learn more and more about GNU/Linux is > slowly paying off. > > Having clocked the "Big Four O" , the other week, someone gave me a really > great book titled 'Ubuntu Linux Toolbox by Chris Negus & Francious Caen - > 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users', which I'm currently in > the process of reading. > > Admittedly I have toyed around, more so out of curiosity then anything > else, with a few of the other Linux distro's, but Ubuntu is now my main > operating system, to which I now too gladly introduce to others. My wife > seems to think I'm driving her mad with it, but who knows, maybe one day > I'll even get her off that dreadful Vista OS she has on her laptop. Only > time will tell, I guess. > > It's fantastic to now know of other Aussie users out there that are > planting the seeds of this wonderful operating system here in Australia. > > Have a great day! > Rob > > -- > =============================================== > Local Id: OPM595 > Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au > PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia > > Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" > =============================================== > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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