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['lesleyb']

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:00:45AM +0100, gllugadmin-bounces at gllug.org.uk wrote:
> From: Howard Houliston <howard at houliston.com>
> To: gllugadmin at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: Question on getting help with Ubuntu
> 
> Hello,
>
> I'm visiting Britain from Australia and a friend of mine here (Eltham)  
> has asked me to look at her Windows PC which looks a bit of a mess  
> software and setup wise, but the hardware seems ok (couple of years old).
>
> I feel inclined to replace Windows with Ubuntu and suspect this will be  
> fine while I'm here, but once I'm  gone she'll be at the mercy of the  
> local PC shop which will probably try to sell her a new Windows PC.
>
> So the question is: Is there a Linux user group likely to be useful for  
> her to join to get some perspective and help? She isn't at all nerdy,  
> quite the opposite, but not stupid. Or is there a PC shop not too far  
> from Eltham that is supportive of Ubuntu?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers - Howard Houliston


I agree re her local PC shop, but this plan of yours also rather depends on
what she actually uses her PC for.  

It would be good to know what her typical usage is and what her 'typical
issues' are.  For example, how does she use email - web or POP2/SMTP to Outlook
Express?  Does she use MS Office and how would she cope using Open Office
instead, along with the need to convert to different document formats?

Obviously there is no Photoshop in Linux so she would have to learn about
equivalent software in Ubuntu.

I would suggest trying a dual boot system first.  I don't think she would be
too happy to have you install Ubuntu and leave her with a system that doesn't
provide what she needs.

Regards

Lesley 
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