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PC saved by Ubuntu!!
14-07-2010 12:20 PM
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Anyhoo, i took all her pictures off it and put Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it (even though its a desktop). Its not too bad a PC with AMD 1.8ghz processor and 1.25GB RAM, and is up and running ready for use in 40 seconds.
My only problem is that she has never used anything but windows, so i suspect she is going to make me take it off 😞
Still glad i saved it though
Re: PC saved by Ubuntu!!
14-07-2010 1:07 PM
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UNR takes some getting used to though
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14-07-2010 1:21 PM
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If she ends up wanting rid of it i can use it as a HTPC with Ubuntu & XBMC on it
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14-07-2010 5:05 PM
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Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
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15-07-2010 3:32 AM
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Re: PC saved by Ubuntu!!
15-07-2010 12:30 PM
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adie:quote
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16-07-2010 12:43 AM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: PC saved by Ubuntu!!
16-07-2010 9:18 AM
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Remove bottom panel
Move top panel to bottom
Add Windows List to panel
Put all the applets for clock, battery and wireless connection to right of panel
Use the Ubuntu menu on the left then she can literally do everything from this
one click including switch off/hibernate etc.
Have added Firefox and a couple of other shortcuts including forced quit to taskbar for immediate access.
Have found this a very convenient configuration, not too dissimilar from Windows.
Make sure she knows where the help centre is - always very useful for newbies.
Hope that she perseveres - tell her that if this 'older lady' can manage, she is can too (with a bit of perseverance).
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16-07-2010 1:52 PM
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Right-click on a bit of blank space in the panel.
Choose properties.
Change the "Orientation" from top to bottom.
Click Close.
Job done
To put short-cuts on the "task-bar" just drag them from the application launcher.
Then right-click on them, so that you can lock them to the panel.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
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16-07-2010 9:31 PM
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17-07-2010 12:57 PM
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So I have a "tool bar" at the bottom of the screen and a panel showing running applications.
I also have Windows controls at the top right.
Additionally, I have most windows running maximised (on a wide screen monitor).
I suppose this is a lot like Windows circa early 1990's
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: PC saved by Ubuntu!!
17-07-2010 3:22 PM
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After upgrading to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, I like many people was dismayed at the change in position of the windows controls (CLOSE/MINIMIZE/MAXIMISE), but knowing this is how every update in the future was going to be, I left the controls in their new position. It took about two weeks to become accustomed to not automatically move the mouse pointer to the right hand side, and now I am so used to it that I dither when faced with a Windows PC. What I now find annoying is the BBC iPlayer (on Ubuntu) which has it's own controls on the right hand side when the rest of my Ubuntu applications use the left !. Dohh !
Re: PC saved by Ubuntu!!
17-07-2010 6:25 PM
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It has no Window controls at all.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
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17-07-2010 6:42 PM
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I am going to install Ubuntu on my friend's XP computer as a dual-boot as she looks after her grandchildren sometimes and I think that they will be entertained by all the games that are in the repository.
What I want to do is to make the taskbar blue so that it will look XP-ish. Checked on gnome-look.org and can't find the one I want. Also they are tar.gz and not sure how to use this.
Does anyone have links and/or advice to enable me to make it look XP please?
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17-07-2010 8:06 PM
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