Migration from Windows

[Phil Bull]

Hi all

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 00:22 -0700, Brian Burger wrote:
> 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 drafted a similar-sounding document a few months ago and never got
round to looking at it again [1]. Is it of any use to you?

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SwitchingFromWindows

Thanks

Phil

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