[xubuntu-users] XP to XUbuntu - The journey, join me

[Victor Forberger]

On 06/11/2014 11:15 PM, Patrice ARNAL wrote:
> Hi rob,
> 
> I got a glance at your page XP to XU migration....
> 
>> *Rob Ward*
>> Lake Tyers Beach, 3909
>> Lake Tyers Beach Website <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au>
>> XP to XUbuntu - The journey, join me!
>> <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au/XP2XU.html>
> 
> 
> Here is my 2 cents contribution :
> 
> I did this kind of migration a lot of time for friends, relatives...
> 
> The main point about the migration from Outlook to Mozilla is not an OS
> migration problem, but an application migration.
> 
> The best way to achieve it is to install Thunderbird on XP.
> TB detects outlook and offer the choice of importing all data from
> outlook to TB.
> 
> When moving from XP to XU you can simply copy the TB-XP's file to XU...
> it's that simple...
> 
> I found that a good way to put non technical people on the road to Linux
> is to keep XP/Vista/W7 and install GNU software in lieu of
> MS/proprietary softwares :
> 
> Libre-Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC, Kompozer, Stellarium .. are
> good examples .
> 
> Once people is at ease with applications, you can easily move to Linux ...
> 
> Have a nice day!
> 
> P Arnal
> 
> PS :
> 
> I wrote my very first program in 1967 on a Packard Bell 250, directly in
> binary...
> 

Rob,

The XP2XU webpage is so good I posted about it:

http://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/great-xubuntu-resource/

Nice work.

- Victor Forberger


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