[Nottingham] "Big Name" Distros Update

[Simon Sleaford]

Alex,

My wife insists that Windows stays on the computer at home even though the
only thing she uses it for is browsing the net. I've decided to let it fall
into a "state of disrepair" by not updating the AV and Spyware on it. I will
then annoyingly be unable to find my old XP disc and install Ubuntu on there
for her to use. I doubt she'll have any real grumbles as long as she can get
on Ebay and Facebook :)

Simon

2009/4/20 Alex Walker <alex at x3ja.co.uk>

>  2009/4/20 Simon Osborne <flibble at gmail.com>
>
>> I quite fancy trying Kubuntu 9.04 out. KDE 4.2.2 looks really good.
>>
>>
> I've been using Ubuntu for some years now on my home desktop, having tried:
> - RedHat (when it was just called that, 5.2 I think)
> - Debian (stable, testing, unstable & experimental - probably in that order
> as my desire for bleeding edge increased)
> - Gentoo (when I wanted to go beyond the bleeding edge)
>
> I've not tried Mandriva or Fedora or any other flavour you wish to choose.
>
> I used to be really obsessed with the little changes in each new release of
> each application or DE or whatever. Now, having got married and started
> spending a lot less time in front of a screen (at home at least), I don't
> follow such things quite so closely. As for KDE 4.2.2 - I can't really tell
> the difference between the version I used about 8 years ago and now, apart
> from some stuff is rounded and a bit see-through.
>
> However, I have to confess, I do still get a glimmer of excitement when a
> new release of Ubuntu is coming up and probably install it, unwisely, within
> a few hours of its release. Once or twice I've had to go back and reinstall
> it because I went for it too soon...
>
> And my wife... well, she still asks how she can load up Word on the
> computer... even though it was a PowerPoint file she wanted to open. I think
> she meant Windows... but I can't read her mind, no matter how much she
> expects me to ;)
>
> So here's to breaking stuff in the 8.10 -> 9.04 upgrade! :D
>
> Alex
>
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