Installed Ubuntu on a laptop that Ruth had brought home from her work.
Windows XP had died spectacularly and we decided that if we could get a simple installation of Linux that wasn’t crowded with loads of stuff that they would never use, that would be great. Bear in mind that the laptop will be used for general office stuff, so all they really need is office software, e-mail and a decent web browser. And that the person who will eventually use the machine has little to no PC experience.
And after the simplest install I’ve ever seen (more so than Win XP) the nice and shiny Ubuntu now sits happily on the laptop.
I’ll spend some time this week tinkering with it but it’s really nice to see a flavour of Linux that is perfectly good straight out of the box.
And if this is a success then we will move all her work laptops over to Linux.
I’ll see what joys the tinkering brings.
BigAl