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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 23 April 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 After installing Hardy Heron using Wubi, upon rebooting
my computer, I was presented with the Windows Boot Manager screen
giving me a choice of booting up Vista SP1 or Ubuntu 8.04.Next, I restarted my computer and booted up Ubuntu. The first boot actually completes the installation, configuring the system, which only takes a couple of minutes. Once complete, you have fully working version of Hardy Heron that shares the same partition as Windows and from what I can tell runs very fast. It also recognized the wireless network seamlessly and while I didn’t try it, I know there would no hiccups with the printer since it worked under Gutsy Gibbon. That’s all very good but there’s a problem. It’s the same problem that Ubuntu and all other Linux distributions have had from day one. Some Linux enthusiasts have mentioned that their computer illiterate grandmothers have been able to use Ubuntu (and other distributions) with little problem. That’s not particularly surprising because their computer illiterate grandmothers haven’t been using Windows for the past 10 years, in the process collecting gigabytes of data, while using applications, some of which don’t run on Linux. For a brand new computer user, the Hardy Heron user interface presents little problem. It’s as clean as a whistle. There’s just one icon and a simple menu across the top of the screen. In an instant, you’re up and running on the net with Firefox, sending and receiving emails via Gmail and making appointments using Google Calendar (or if you prefer, using the Outlook like client Evolution). You’re also using Open Office to write letters, create spreadsheets and develop Presentations. It’s easy. |
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