Converting a friend to Ubuntu

[Goh Lip]

On 02/07/2010 06:49 PM, Steve wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:41:52 -0000, Alain Muls<alain.muls at telenet.be>

>>
>> I wondered why this would be the case. Could it be that Windows puts
>> the clock on local time (for Belgium this is UTC+1hr) while I
>> installed Ubuntu with UTC time or vice versa. So that when you restart
>> within the hour after a windows session, Ubuntu gets mixed up by the
>> timing?

> Yup.
> Windows sets the clock to local time not UTC, so you will have to sett
> Ubuntu to use local time as well.
>
>

You could do this....
open a terminal

sudo gedit /etc/default/rcS
Find the line UTC=yes
Change it to UTC=no
save.

Regards - Goh Lip