Making the switch easier fo newbies

[Knapp]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I sometimes go to my friends and family for a visit and they take advantage
> of my PC Tech skills to fix all those pesky errors, slowness and Spyware
> they get on their 3 yeard old (or older) Windows XP PCs....
>
> I would like to be able to convince them to switch to Linux (namely Ubuntu).
> As we all know - humans fear any change....
> So I was thinking it could be nice if I had a little free app I download to
> their Windows PC. This little app would scan their PC for all apps installed
> and the Web browser's History (after displaying the proper disclaimer, of
> course) and then produce a list of suitable Linux distributions for the
> specific needs of that computer user.
> Maybe even generate a selections list we can use to install using apt-get
> after a vanilla Ubuntu install, in effect - creating a 5 click Migration
> Assistant...
> Any of you know of such an app in existence?
> Imagine the following scenario:
> I go to my Aunts house, run this little app, it even downloads the proper
> ISO, I burn the ISO to disc and  use it to revive her slow, buggy PC...
> Thanks!
>
> .:====================================================:.
>
> Amichai Rotman

Never  heard of it but in any case UBuntu comes with what most people
use. It has a photo app, office, firefox and that is about all most
people need most of the time. I would start their change by making
sure they are using firefox or chrome in windows.


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