{"id":1542,"date":"2010-09-08T19:56:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T01:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2010-09-06T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T00:08:07","slug":"another-ubuntu-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=1542","title":{"rendered":"Another Ubuntu user"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I had actually brought back my friend’s computer to work so that i could give it to her.\u00a0 But before I did, I asked her if she would like to have an alternative operating system installed beside Vista.<\/p>\n

I explained that she would be able to choose which one to boot when she turned on her computer, and she was excited by the idea.\u00a0 So I took that laptop home again and installed a REAL OS onto it.<\/p>\n

I got out my Ubuntu 10.04 CD and got that wondrously user-friendly Ubuntu onto a 60GB slice of her hard drive.\u00a0 I installed all the apps and features I could think of, including lots of educational software and games for her kid.<\/p>\n

And I even downloaded some icon themes, controls and window borders so that I could give her a wide variety of themes to choose from.\u00a0 I think she’ll like the pink look everything has now.<\/p>\n

And Ubuntu works like a dream on her Dell.\u00a0 The screen is sharp and crisp, all the advanced graphic features work and even wireless is working like a champ.<\/p>\n

And I wrote up a little hot-to\/pointer sheet for her, which you can see in glorious Kazakhstan<\/span> PDF format right here<\/a>.\u00a0 I’d post the text into this here blog, but I find that things are much easier on the eyes when there are helpful and relevant images interspersed in with the text.<\/p>\n

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\nSee?\u00a0 I knew you’d agree.<\/p>\n

I’ll let you know how she likes her computer setup… because I’m sure it’s a matter of vast import to you and yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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