Ubuntu take-up in Australia

[Robert Parker]

Rhys,

If the worst comes to the worst you could install your Ubuntu is a Virtual
Box running under Windows.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

I went in the opposite direction, running WinXP in a VB under Linux for the
one Windows program that I once needed.

Good luck,
Bob


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Rhys <rhysh at webone.com.au> wrote:

>  (Ian, I'm in Goulburn too, so let's get together for a chat/drink
> sometime.)
>
> I've been using Ubuntu for many years, and as my only desktop system for
> the last two years.
>
> I'd dearly love to get my ASUS laptop onto Ubuntu too, instead of
> (shudder) Windows8, but the lockdown has defeated my efforts so far.  I
> want to find a company in Goulburn or Canberra that will just fix that for
> me.
>
> Once I've paid off my mortgage, I'd like to set up a business to promote
> Ubuntu/LibreOffice/Odoo to rural enterprises.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rhys from Goulburn
>
>
>
>
> On 23/03/15 20:22, Ian Mann wrote:
>
> I only started using Ubuntu at 13.10 version, my repairman in Goulburn NSW
> put me onto it. I use 14.04 now, and might upgrade when 16.04 comes out
> next year. I am very happy with it.
>
> Ian
>
> On 23/03/15 20:16, Geoffrey Combes wrote:
>
> I began using Ubuntu in 2009 after using MS for Windows over 15 years. I
> found it to be excellent and it has got better since. It provides all the
> applications that I need with a few exceptions, most of those being related
> to science and amateur radio (I am an engineer and a radio amateur). Even
> so many scientific applications that I use are available in Linux.
> I am very happy with this operating system and I wonder why so few of my
> colleagues in amateur radio and others do not use it as their standard
> operating system. I also have Linus Mint running on a separate HDD - it
> works just as well as Ubuntu. When I have had the need to repair my desktop
> PC I find that repairer is unfamiliar with Linux (the boss knows but his
> repairmen don't).
> So I ask AU-Ubuntu members/users how widely is Ubuntu being used? I notice
> that this website has become very quiet.
> Do not hesitate to refer me to website for more information on Ubuntu
> usage.
> Thanks, Geoffrey Combes
>
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