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8 Responses to “Windows XP, Ubuntu, GParted & Super Grub Disk”

1. Asa wrote, Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

   Why does she think Ubuntu is a second-rate operating system? Is there something she does that Ubuntu isn't capable of? My experience has been that the only time someone can name something that can't be done in Linux is when they're stuck with a specific windows application and can't/won't use wine or visualization.

2. Philip wrote, Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

   @Asa: To be fair, it was said in jest :) Seriously though, it'd be good if people would try to convince her that she should at least give it a try, and the reasons why. Be advised, whilst Becky isn't easily offended, she does read my blog :)

3. Tristan Rhodes wrote, Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

   I had to do this exact same thing for my father's PC. He gave Ubuntu a try over a year ago, I will see if he is ready to try again with 8.04 LTS.

   Tristan

4. Jason Liquorish wrote, Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

   I get this from my family all the time. It is because people are stuck in their ways and it is more inconvenient to try another way of doing things and adapting to that way which is understandable.

   Where I have triumphed is my girlfriend does admit Linux is safer and generally more stable and less problematic than Windows although does not have the time/patience/want/need to try Linux.

   I would highly recommend that Becky does try Linux if she is prepared to take the time and have the patience to see the differences and see the way Linux works. I hope that she takes the time to take a look at one of your Ubuntu/CrunchBang installs and try it out even if she does not stick with it.

   Good luck to both you trying to get her to try it and to Becky if she does try it.

5. Becky wrote, Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

   Whilst I appreciate Philip's love of everything that is Ubuntu/Linux/Open Source etc, for me it is familiarity that breeds contempt, and keeps me using Windows :)

   In my day job, I am a slave to a Windows machine, and I don't like to let go of my comfort blanket when I'm at home. Plus I know how much it winds Philip up!

   I promise as my wedding present to him, that I will let him put his Crunchbang distro thingy on my machine when we return from getting hitched, and he can permanently remove Windows. (A guaranteed bribe to make him pull his finger out and march me down the aisle!)

6. Urko wrote, Thursday, February 14th, 2008

   Hey there,

   While I know none of the posters around, I wanted to pitch in with my experience:

   My wife (girlfriend not so long ago) has switched over to Ubuntu on her laptop. And no, it wasn't as a wedding present :) For her the main reason to switch over was double-fold: - She got infected twice in less than 3 weeks with very annoying spyware, one of those emails that sometimes make it through spam filters pretending to be ecards. That was the tipping point. - She had been using Ubuntu off and on because of her strong principles. After a long time hearing me explain the downright dirty moves of Microsoft to hamper any attempt by developing countries to choose open source and become more self reliant, she was actually very ready to ditch Windows and stop supporting a company of these moral standards. I think this has helped to make her stick to Ubuntu until she got used to it.

   Ubuntu is just the distro I use, though. Any other distro would have made me equally happy.

   Good luck!

7. dYp wrote, Thursday, February 14th, 2008

   Hello crunchbag owner and others too.

   What I often say to the one who doesn't want to try a little bit another thing that Windows buggy is : Only smart people try to improve their "today" and give a try to new. People under Windows know why they can't do things, it's Windows… People with GNU/Linux do things coz they try to.

8. Seiti wrote, Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

   Just stop the 'friends and family tech support' for Windows software. If you want my help, use what I suggest! =)

   It worked with my girlfriend's brother.