Techo son sitting here, gives the following advice,
and I quote " If you know linux then you should be fine, however if you do not know about techie stuff then no. While windows can be a pain, there are more people who know how to fix that system and you are able to google fixes more easily. If you are not a techincal person then the answer would be a sound NO."
Personally i have no idea. Ben is a network administrator for one of Melbourne's largest high schools, so is qualified.
Good luck
Sharon
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Sharon
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4WD with a ford ranger. The possibilities are endless.
I use it every day, and its my preferred operating system, but its still not ready for the everyday user (I'm an old school unix administrator before the the days of point and click).
It has a lot of free software available, but not a lot of great software if you get my drift. But with a lot of determination and reading it can do some pretty powerful things for free (I do reporting using grep sed awk)
It can be fiddly to set-up and to fix, but there is no shortage of help on the Internet, as no matter what has gone wrong or what you are trying to do, someone else has been there before and posted about it on the Internet.
But I still need windows for software to connect to my iPod, eReader etc, as there is software in Linux/Ubuntu to do all this, but not as well and the manufactures software.
I use Ubuntu and have for years now. I wouldn't use Windows if I was paid to. I wipe it from my computers now and go straight Ubuntu.
When I started, it was a learning experience but is getting more and more user friendly all the time. While I have done a couple of Tafe courses, I have only had a computer for probably less than 10 years and started late in life.
It is not beyond anyone with a committment to googling problems and finding answers and a committment to use what I find so much easier than Windows and all that goes with it. It's free to use as are so many powerful applications to do most things.
Hi,
When i change to Ubunta it will be a new computer and new OS i will not have a dual boot system.
Have all ready had a play around on the OS you can have a play around it at www.Ubunta.com.au.
Thanks for replys John.
