Comments on: Senior uses Ubuntu system 14 months trouble free

By: Shiva

Shiva — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:27:22 +0000

Your argument is exactly correct.

Though I am fan of “Windows” I latter changed to Ubuntu

Many People ( even myself) still depend on some Windows based application ( for ex: MSOffice or AutoCAD …) . To solve these kind of issue I prefer to install virtual machines ( for instance “VMWARE Player”) so that I can use windows only I need these applications

By: German

German — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:43:25 +0000

Ubuntu is gr8, Windows Sucks

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:22:35 +0000

Woo hoo! Great comment and thanks for stopping by HMR. I agree with you whole heartedly that Ubuntu/Linux is NOT hard to learn and you don’t have to be an admin to enjoy its benefits. Thanks again.

An update about the woman who this article was written about: I was called to her house a few weeks ago because she had a printer issue (turned out to be bad printer cartridge). Her computer, however, is running great!! I disabled updates so she doesn’t have to bother with them, but for her needs she couldn’t be happier with the stability and consistency of her system.

By: BS Karstens

BS Karstens — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:56:16 +0000

First of all,have to say – great story.I’m freshly “addict” to Ubuntu and Linux in general,just for about 6 months now.Till then,I was using Windows for almost 15 years.Switch to Ubuntu was when my HDD with XP on it completely crashed – I didn’t had money for new Win copy,and honestly,I was sick of blue screens and freezing…
And to give a short reply to @LinuxHaterNumber4005934 and @Dennis – It is absolute nonsense that Ubuntu {and any other Linux distro} can be configured only by Linux admin;6 months ago I knew only that Linux is a kind of an OS…If you could take a look at my desktop and the way things are configured,I’m sure you would say “That’s not possible!”…And,one more thing : I’ve just upgraded my Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 Beta1,and there is no such thing as system crash.Hell,I didn’t reboot my machine for 2 weeks {or maybe even longer}…

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:03:36 +0000

Great idea! Remote access is getting easier and easier for all platforms. Have you tried: http://join.me ? It’s from the LogMeIn folks.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:19:07 +0000

Hi from Germany,

I installed on my dad’s Laptop -he is 71!
He often had questions, most of the time about open office.

I installed teamviewer (http://www.teamviewer.de) to connect directly to his desktop. It is easy for him to use, the only thing I need is the ID-Code and the password.

With Teamviewer I don’t have to drive to him home, only to show him whow to insert a Picture.

Cheers
Andreas

By: James1st

James1st — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:43:26 +0000

I have been using Linux Ubuntu for about the past four years. It has had its ups and downs, but generally speaking it is a good solid system. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 right now and ready to upgrade to 11.04. My concern is Ubuntu is going to change pretty dramatically soon and I wonder how many of us “old fogies” are going to accept the change.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:57:23 +0000

Excellent story, and I couldn’t agree more! Did it take long for your parents to get used to it, or did they transition pretty easily?

By: Leiftaa

Leiftaa — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:34:47 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story Rick, and also others for their views. I have the same experience as Rick. I have been using Ubuntu myself for the last two years. I love it. The best part is that I may reuse my old laptop – even with latest Ubuntu version. I also run “Wine” – so I may run some windows programs. A half year ago, I also installed Ubuntu on my folks computer. It was terrible slow, running on Windows – with startup time on about 2-3 minutes. I do not care about the reason – it is typical Windows problems (hours on clean up). Now with Unbuntu the computer is ready after 25 seconds. Also, I save a lot of time on support – it is next to zero.

By: David

David — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:03:43 +0000

LInux (Ubuntu and it’s variants mostly) works fine with all of my hardware, including my HP printer, and sound and video cards. Windows 7 can’t even see my sound card, and hunting drivers for my printer is a pain.

Not everything is natively supported hardware-wise under linucx, but then, neither is it under windows, yet more of mine works out-of-the-box with Linux than with windows, and with less messing about. No “linux admin” is needed. It just works. Pity same can’t be said for windows. Huge install, and still offers very little apps or support.