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   From: ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>   
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu   
   Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:25:51 +0000   
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   Wolfgang Fartbubble wrote:   
   > Moog wrote:   
   >> Wolfgang Fartbubble wrote:   
   >>    
   >>> Hi all,   
   >>> At the moment I am running Win XP pro,   
   >>> I am thinking of going over to Ubuntu.   
   >>> How good is it?   
   >>> Are there many drivers for it?   
   >>> My system is Athlon 1.67 Mhz, 512 DDR ram, 80Gig HDD.   
   >>>   
   >>> At the moment I know nothing about Ubuntu or any part of Linux.   
   >>>   
   >>> TIA.   
   >>>   
   >>> Mike.   
   >>    
   >> Hi Mike,   
   >>    
   >> Download and burn the LiveCD image of Ubuntu.   
   >> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu/download?action=show   
   redirect=download   
   >>    
   >> Boot your PC from the CD and run Ubuntu.    
   >>    
   >> This way, you do not affect your current set up at all. You can then see for   
   >> yourself how good it is. I think it's brilliant by the way. But that is   
   >> just my opinion.   
   >>    
   >> This will also mean you can see what hardware it picks up and doesn't. The   
   >> majority of your hardware will just run. If not, there are some helpful   
   >> people both here and ubuntu forums who can ease any hardware/software   
   >> problems for you, should you decide to install fully.   
   >>    
   > Thank you all to the answers about Ubuntu.   
   >    
   > Downloading it now.   
      
   Welcome!   
   I am delighted to hear you are trying Ubuntu!   
   Keep in mind that even though most things will be intuitive and easy    
   and obvious - and should work well - experienced windows users (such    
   as I used to be) may find great frustration at times because    
   apparently simple (though slightly ambitious) requirements cannot be    
   met within one's existing experience.   
      
   I found it useful to move to linux progressively, still using windows    
   for a time for utility  during my learning process.   
      
   good luck, although you sound as if you don't need it,   
      
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