This is specific for the Fredericton group... but all opinions welcome

[Richard Seguin]

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I have tried the OEM install too... Very nice...

No I don't sell computers myself people, I was thinking of finding
deals for people and we provide the tech support if needed...

I guess the goal here is to get people to try it...  In my head I
would like to see that frustrated person who just bought a brand new
computer with Vista on it and delete vista and install Ubuntu... then
we can find out what the user wants for apps... and IF need be we can
support it.

I just had my very newbie girlfriend try out Ubuntu (she asked ME to
switch, that was a surprise)... She absolutely loves it because in her
eyes it won't break... Unless she is installing new packages or
changing settings theoretically the system should stay as is (other
then her profile).   I don't dare say "what possibly could go wrong"
because if I do knowing my luck my network will crash....   but any
damage on her machine if at all should be minor.





Joel Goguen wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:55 -0400, Andrew Mathenge wrote:
>> Are you thinking of building a custom machine as an alternative to
>> Vista for your customers? If so, you'd need to do more than just an
>> operating system build. Most users don't really care about the
>> operating system, it's the applications and installing them in Windows
>> is fairly easy, while finding them and installing them and using them
>> in Linux can sometimes be a challenge. Just check out the Ubuntu
>> support forums.
> The alternate CD install provides an OEM option which I've used before.
> It works rather well for getting common applications installed and
> setting things up that typically require a command line.  The Ubuntu
> forums would be a great place to start looking to see what applications
> we should have pre-installed.
>
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