[ubuntu-za] Migrating from Vista To Ubuntu

[Schalk Neethling - OpenSource Release Feed]

Hey there everyone,

As mentioned a while ago, I thought the initial questions posted by 
Bruno was really something I think a lot of people struggle with and 
even stops them from migrating.

The tips and suggestions a lot of you posted on the list really was 
insightful and helpful and I wanted to tuen it into an article so that 
even more people can benefit from it, post more tips and suggestins and 
ask more questions.

It is now done and live, 
http://www.opensourcereleasefeed.com/article/show/migrating-from-windows-to-ubuntu-a-community-driven-guide, 
please let me know what you think and feel free to contribute further.

Kind Regards,
Schalk

Bruno Marques wrote:
> hello all
> 
> finally made the migration on my laptop to ubuntu only.
> have firefox up and running with my bookmarks and stuff
> 
> just finished installing thunderbird.
> now, someone said something about where to replace the folders from the 
> thunderbird in windows to a folder in ubuntu. i Cant quite remember now 
> who did, since all emails are backed up in a unreadable file.
> 
> can someone please point me out on where to put the profile folder from 
> thunderbird, in order to have all my older emails?
> 
> 
> one other thing regarding songbird, the music player.
> i downloaded the thing from their website, and its a tar.gz file, i've 
> unpacked it and got a folder of songbird.
> my question is, what do i do with it, in order to install songbird?
> i've attached a picture of the folder contents if it might help
> 
> many thanks in advance
> 
> regards
> 
> Bruno Marques
> 
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