> On 4 February 2011 21:22, Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which > is running > Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it > probably > *is* Ubuntu. > > His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices > when > they're plugged in, and it downloads updates but doesn't > install them. > He wants to do more than email and web browsing, which is all > he feels > he can do at the moment (it has shortcuts on the desktop for > email and > firefox). > > If it's two years old, and he hasn't upgraded, will it be > pre-Unity? As > I've never used a netbook, only Ubuntu on desktops and > laptops, will I > be able to find my way around it? > > She thinks his cunning plan is to break it so he can buy a new > one, but > I don't want to be the one that breaks it! :) > > TIA > > Dianne > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
Doesn't sound like Ubuntu - but the laptop would run a full installation of Ubuntu. Where are you? Is there anyone running installation workshops near you? Paula
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