To Kubuntu, or not to Kubuntu? That is the question!

[Jeremy Anderson]

On Friday 15 June 2007 06:56:40 Στέλιος Γιολδάσης wrote:
>     Hello everyone!
> I'm seriously considering of installing and using Kubuntu onto my PC.
> I want to get rid off Windows but I have absolutelly no knowledge of
> programming!!!
> My question is: Should I read a brochure or book before installing Kubuntu?
> Or can I install
> it and find my way through???
> How hard is it to deal with Kubuntu after 10 years of Windows use, not
> having past experience with Linux?
> Thanks for spending your time reading that mail! Hope to get an answer!

Glad you are looking into the fun of *buntu and the linux world.  I do not 
have 1 MS box in my house anymore.  I decided to make my wife learn how to do 
things in linux so I switched all 7 of my machines to kubuntu and she had to 
dive in.  Anyway, long story short, she loves it and when she has to use MS 
at a friends or relatives she can't stand it.  Too slow, menus are weird, 
can't find anything, etc...  I am not trying to put MS down here.  My point 
is anything can become easy if you learn how to use it.  I have now converted 
near all of my family.  My grandfather of 81 years young just let me convert 
is laptop and desktop over completely.  He is a huge e-bay user and has been 
very happy with the linux conversion.  My mother, father, brother, and now 
grandpa have been completely converted and are not looking back.  The only 
thing they are upset about is they paid all that money in the past for virus, 
spyware, operating system, office products, etc... and will never see that 
money back.  There was some setup involved and that is o.k. because if you 
ever setup xp from scratch you will know that you have to find the drivers 
and install them.  It is not always a pretty process either.  The only people 
that I hear complain the most is gamers.  The game selection is trying to get 
better in linux but I don't play many so it doesn't bother me.  You can 
always dual boot but sometimes just diving in is more fun.  Just don't get 
frustrated too quickly.  If you changed from you native language to another 
one you wouldn't learn it in a day.  

Have fun.

Jeremy