I find it is best to go slow with those not overly enthused.<br>My missus ran Xp for a long time, and wanted office so I installed open office, wanted to edit photos so I install the Gimp, wanted a multi-chat client, so I installed Gaim (as it was known at the time), and Clamwin for av. Then she started having driver issues. So I said you are already using all Open source apps, except for the OS, they will work better in Linux. She has been using Ubuntu now for just over 3 years.<br> <br>Mother-in-law quickly followed suit when she saw the fancy screen savers and the ease of use.<br>Good luck.<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM, opm595 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opm595@yahoo.com.au">opm595@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Hi Guys,<br> Rob here, out in Sydney's sunny South West. I thought, as a new list member I'd drop you a line to say 'howdy doody' etc.<br> <br> I jumped ship about two years ago from that other OS that Bill and his mates created, and I've been absolutely wrapped with Ubuntu ever since. Truthfully, I had very little idea of what Linux actually was, prior to someone introducing me to the Debian/Ubuntu family. I wouldn't say the transition as a basic MS user was easy, but it certainly hasn't been overly hard, or impossible either. Plus I think my learning curb towards computing itself, in past couple of years, has definitely improved exponentially in a positive way, and my persistence to learn more and more about GNU/Linux is slowly paying off. <br> <br> Having clocked the "Big Four O" , the other week, someone gave me a really great book titled 'Ubuntu Linux Toolbox by Chris Negus & Francious Caen - 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users', which I'm currently in the process of reading.<br> <br> Admittedly I have toyed around, more so out of curiosity then anything else, with a few of the other Linux distro's, but Ubuntu is now my main operating system, to which I now too gladly introduce to others. My wife seems to think I'm driving her mad with it, but who knows, maybe one day I'll even get her off that dreadful Vista OS she has on her laptop. Only time will tell, I guess.<br> <br> It's fantastic to now know of other Aussie users out there that are planting the seeds of this wonderful operating system here in Australia.<br> <br> Have a great day!<br> Rob<br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <pre>-- =============================================== Local Id: OPM595 Email: <a href="mailto:opm595@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">opm595@yahoo.com.au</a> PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" =============================================== </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> </div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-au mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br>