Migration from Windows

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Friday 07 April 2006 03:22, Brian Burger wrote:
> OK, now that we're frozen, we can go on to new stuff! <grin>
>
> One of the things that I wish we'd had a chance to include in our various
> Desktop Guides is a "Migrating from Windows" section - basically, how to
> move IE bookmarks, OE saved mail, and other things over to Ubuntu.
>
> To that end, I've created a roughed-out document/spec/template, here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigratingFromWindows
>
> The irony is that I don't really have (full time) access to a Windows
> system currently (and the only one I could get access to is Win98, not XP),
> so other folks are going to have to fill in a lot of those gaps.
>
> That said, I've been helping a friend move from Win98 to Ubuntu, and this
> weekend we're going to tackle moving his Outlook Express stuff over to
> Evolution or Thunderbird in Ubuntu, so I'll make notes during that process
> and see what we can get that makes sense.
>
> I also haven't really hit google yet; I'm sure there's lots of this info
> out there in various places - so even just links to usable howtos would be
> a good start in that page, before we produce Ubuntu-specific howtos there!
>
> Congrats to everyone on a great set of docs for Dapper - it's been a
> pleasure working on the Ubuntu Desktop Guide, and very cool to see it used
> as a base for the Kubuntu & Xubuntu DGs too. Now let's start on filling the
> gaps for Dapper+1!
>
> Brian/Madpilot
In the Kubuntu section of the Docs there is a switching to kubuntu guide that 
I have started that needs to be finished for Dapper+1 that might help out? 
Comments on that would be great and I'll follow/post on the wiki page 
mentioned as I am a Windows Network Admin for a living

Jonathan