[NYLoCo] InstallFest - Maybe try Feisty first?

[David]

Another way to try to convert Windows users is to install Wubi. If these
uses get comfortble with Ubuntu via Wubi you can revisit them later and give
them a normal install of Ubuntu. Just a thought.

On 10/8/07, Zach Stern <zach at wordrockets.com> wrote:
>
> Here's what happens when you dual boot.Every time you can't get
> something to work rather then screwing with it, the non-geek will just
> use windows. If that happened to me it will certainly happen to those
> less technical then I am.
>
>
> On 10/8/07, Karlie Robinson <karlie at webpath.net> wrote:
> > Zach Stern wrote:
> > > True, also we may need a massive amount of space to perform backups
> > > with on-site. As nice as it sounds to ask people to back up before
> > > coming . . . most people don't even know how to do that. They may not
> > > realize its as simple as burning their files to a CD or copying them
> > > to an external hard drive. They may also not have those things (CDs,
> > > Burners, or an External Hard Drive).
> > >
> > > I've got a 4-drive external enclosure we can use, but its currently
> > > full. I can take the drives out, and we can pop four IDE drives of any
> > > size into it and viola, massive USB 2.0 backup.
> > >
> > There are other options to a full back up like Dual boot which would
> > give the user access to the crap they've collected over the years
> > without needing to run Windows.
> >
> > One of the developers I work with has a cool little utility called
> > CDriveBack.  http://www.lccdigital.com/content/view/65/62/
> >
> > So if you had an external burner or other storage medium you could use
> > CDriveBack to compress the data to get more on a CD.
> >
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