atw: Re: Windows-free at last.

Hehehehehe, 

 

Actually; after reading Michael's email, I found out that there is a
sneaky Ubuntu laptop in my office and I had a play around, not bad! I'm
scared of change however so I'll stick to MS for now...I will keep
dabbling though.

 

Rebecca

 

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren
Lewington
Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2009 5:46 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Windows-free at last.

 

"Excuse your absence?"

 

No. Your absence was unacceptably missed. Your presence was required a
number of times to brighten up our jaded, boring mundane lives Michael.
Don't do it again - especially if the reason was to drive the MS terror
out of your life. You have no right to gloat at the rest of us. I hope
your penguins bite your finger tips. 

 

It drove me to have to attempt humour while you were away. Much to the
detriment of the list I must say.

 

Welcome back Micky. I can pass your name on to some close geeky geek
friends who have an avaricious taste for the penguin if you like. In
fact, they even ignore threats of divorce and removal of conjugal
rights. It must be a serious deviancy this penguin thing...

 

Regards

Warren Lewington

wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Write Ideas
Sent: Tuesday, 3 November 2009 2:27 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Windows-free at last.

 

Hi fellow AusTechWriters.

Please excuse my absence from this forum for the past several weeks.

Windows XP killed itself on my main PC after an automated Windows
"update" corrupted itself and I finally had enough of that overblown
rubbish operating pretend-multitasking environment to give it the flick
entirely.

I return happier than ever before with my computing experience by way of
the latest releases of GNU Linux Ubuntu, with everything working so well
it makes a mockery of Windows and even, to some extent Mac.

Ubuntu has faultlessly resurrected hard drives that Windows saw as dead
and on my formerly main machine in particular, I was able to easily
re-partitioned the main Windows XP NTFS drive, shoving Windows to one
side with a dual boot installation, then access all of my previously
inaccessible data through the Ubuntu file browser, straight to USB keys.

Simple, graphical and seamless.

To top it all off, the Open Office word processor handles complex and
resource-sucking Word files with ease denied to Word itself. One
particular file, a vital tender response DOCX file that was having
conniption fits on Word 2004 for Mac and hid a key floating graphic of a
chart from Word 2003 with its Word 7 converters, was viewed and editable
without problem. Word had issues mainly because the original state
government built file in which the response was required to be written
was filled with ever-extending unbroken, side numbered table cells that
could not be unravelled without doing a "Maggie", a process for which
there was no spare time.

I just wanted you to know that, on the eve of the dreaded Windows 7
replacing the horrible hungry hippo that is Windows Vista, there is life
after Windows thanks to the most elegant operating system I have ever
used: Ubuntu: "Linux for human beings". ...and its free.

Please at least check out the possibilities at
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

So, even if you are stuck with Windows, the dual boot repartitioning
option is worth doing. Just be sure to back up your important files
first - if Windows will let you. Or afterwards if it doesn't.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,




Micky G.

Write Ideas
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.writeideas.com.au/

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