<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#3333ff" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On Sunday 04 July 2010 03:40 AM, NoOp wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:i0ocgu$uq$1@dough.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 07/03/2010 01:44 PM, rbv wrote: ... </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I may be called childish, but for a simpleton like me, do i have a choice. regards </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Nobody should call you childish, or a simpleton; OS' & applications are meant to serve. If Windows is a better fit for you (particularly since your son is an M$ engineer) then stick with what suits your requirements - you do indeed have a choice. That said, should you (or your son) decide to give Ubuntu/linux a try again, come on back. Limit your questions to one issue at a time, try to provide as much detail as you can, and have some patience. You might also look into a local LUG (linux users group)[1] nearby so that you can get one-on-one assistance directly. Sometimes it just takes someone to sit down with you, walk through your machine setup, and get you on the right track. [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam</a> </pre> </blockquote> You are right, i need someone to sit with me to guide me through initially. Let me make it clear, my knowledge is limited to either Ubuntu or Windows OS. The only reason i mentioned about my son is, i myself was wondering what he had been doing in getting this Masters Degree with a tag Software Engineering, if he can not help me. He simply smiles. I listed various issues in one go,as my posing issue by issue, again and again, may irritate forum, Out of the four machines in the house hold , i am the only one, only desktop, using Ubuntu and nobody else comes to use this because of this reason. I had graphic card to have fun playing with my grandchild, not for myself. rbv </body> </html>