Margaret I am sure it would be easier than working vista. Only problem I have ever had with Linux is on my Dell 1520 laptop. It always seems to get the wrong driver for wireless.
Do you know how to reinstall your Windows systems? Installing from DVD is no different really. It is a very simple process. If you have a pc with two HD's or a Large HDD With 2 partitions you could install Ubuntu and it would create a dual boot for you.
If you are interested I will post a guide
Now whether or not you choose to install A linux system: It depends what kind of PC user you are.
- Do you heavily rely on windows programs? (adobe audition, any windowz only video editing software etc etc)
- Do you play PC games(ones you buy in shops) everyday?
- What do you use your PC for?
Ubuntu has the Libre Office built in. If you have lots of M$ documents they should work. But if you are too far gone into the world of Microsoft office.......
If you ever decide to try a Linux system. It has to be Ubuntu. Its the best one for an introduction.
Margaret. If you have a 2GB USB stick(you would have to back up the files on it). You can try out ubuntu by booting from the USB. No need to worry about losing your system and that way you get to try it out.
Entwisi is kinda right about unity-- cause he is a long time linux user and they don't like it. But ubuntu are they are making life easier for new people to help draw them in.
Switching form windows to Linux is like when you switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox-- Once you 'Get It' You never look back.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
entwisi, it's alright for you.......you have the technical ability to choose and change your operating system.
A lot of people(like me) would not have a clue as where to start such a task.........and worry that once we have changed(that is, if we could do it) the OS might not be to our liking.
Remember most of us have grown up with Windows of one grade or another, and therefore know nothing else.
Of those you mention, I have only heard of Ubuntu and linux( and really this is only because posts by you, and AndrewB, have mentioned them in the past).
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I always thought that Ubuntu was an African Tribe  |
I was told by my personal linux gurus(couple of Canadians from a modding forum ) that The Ubuntu team started off in Africa. Dunno if its true