[Ubuntu-SG] Ubuntu Users in Singapore
Chew EK
chew4097 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 6 10:13:51 UTC 2008
To add to the discussion, I have three noteworthy experiences to share:
1. I recently bought an Asus eeePC. I already researched the eeePC's
Xandros OS, and have decided to replace it with Ubuntu. But before
purchase, I wanted to see how knowledgeable the sales person was about
Linux. It came as no surprise that I was dissappointed about her lack of
knowledge. In fact, while talking to the sales person, I noticed other
browsing customers were more interested in the Windows version.
2. I recently tried to edit a document in OpenOffice. It was an old MS Word
file, and I no longer have Windows and MSOffice installed in anything.
Importing the document into OO resulted in a mess. In the end, I resorted
to re-typing the entire document in native OO format (odt file). Then, I
hit on another problem. I couldn't send the odt file to anyone else. I
have to send a converted pdf instead. But some of the recipients need a MS
doc file, so I save a doc copy and send that. Unfortunately, opening the
doc in MSOffice showed some differences in formatting. I have to borrow a
friend's PC, and after many trial and errors, I finally got the odt and doc
to be exactly the same.
3. A while back, I started this social group in ubuntuforums: Kiasu Ubuntu
Users <http://ubuntuforums.org/group.php?groupid=167>. Looking at the
posts, you can see I am mainly talking to myself over there, lol.
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