[ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

[Rob Beard]

Rob Beard wrote:
> Hmm, I can see your point in installing XP Pro, not sure if Microsoft 
> will see the point unless it's a legal copy.  It's a shame that 
> Microsoft don't allow downgrades from Vista Home to XP Home.
> 
> Anyway, yes I have managed to get an older non techie person onto 
> Ubuntu.  A friend of mine asked if I could sort his mum's PC out which 
> had a pirate copy of XP on it.  I suggested they try Ubuntu and if 
> they're not happy with that it would be about £60 for a copy of XP Home. 
>     After a demonstration of Ubuntu Feisty he said he was happy for his 
> mum to give it a go.  All she does is browse the internet and check her 
> e-mails.  So anyway, I installed Ubuntu and delivered the PC.  I took 
> her through everything on the PC (took about an hour) and she was happy 
> with it.  In fact, she was so happy, he's asked me if I could install 
> Ubuntu on her old PC for a friend of hers who just does word processing 
> (although I think it'll have to be Xubuntu as it's an older PC).
> 

Forgot to add, because she has broadband I can connect in remotely via 
SSH/VNC to fix things although as she lives so close to my parents I 
generally pop over to fix things (touch wood, nothing has gone wrong yet).

Rob