<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>I have a spare computer and have decided to give Ubuntu a whirl on the basis that I would be prepared to fully convert if Linux can meet my home computer requirements.  My objective to simply to achieve similar functionality to what I have with Windows.  I realise that there are many substitutes for the usual Microsoft products.  But I am concerned, for instance, about emulating Quicken which I have been using for some years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>There is much information provided by Linux for which I am very grateful.  But I am still nervous and a bit confused eg: <FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>I have just loaded ubuntu 7.04 onto a computer.  I then upgraded - (I thought) to Ubuntu 7.10.  Now I come across information about "Kubutu" and don't know if I should be going for that?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff><U>Early observations/issues I have encountered:</U></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>*  I don't like to have to log in with a password.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>*  The Internet works - great!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>*  I then loaded a USB printer.  Although it appears to have been accepted it won't print.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>I feel a bit silly about asking but until I get a better feel I would like some one to one pointers of where to logically go from here.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Firstly, which Ubuntu would best suit my needs.  How do I find out???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Dave W</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>