Comments on: Linux revisited

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:18:48 +0000

Oh, sorry, one more thing:

AmaroK is the most awesome Media Center for the computer. Ever. If you have to install the KDE library, do it just for AmaroK. It’s that good. Plays like a charm.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:17:51 +0000

Just do it. Jumping in with cold feet is the way I did it. Had no prior experience with any FoOS software besides Firefox. I downloaded a Debian CD and installed it. I loved it. Just do it. AIM me for any specifics.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:07:36 +0000

Both the GIMP and Audacity are available for Windows. Try them before you switch or don’t. I don’t doubt you’ll like them. Rhythmbox is excellent for _audio_ CD burning and audio playback, but for data CDs, you can just use the CD/DVD creator that’s built in to Gnome. No worries about Ubuntu having all these programs and more.

Give serious thought to installing Linux on your desktop.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:51:33 +0000

I’m sorry, but I have no opinions and/or suggestions that match your query. Please hang up and blog again.

By: Solveig Haugland

Solveig Haugland — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:00:08 +0000

Well, since you ask. ;> I’ve blogged on techniques for migrating groups of people to OpenOffice.org. It’s not really on your specific topic of individuals who are physically migrating to Linux but there are relevant ideas including specifically testing on a few representative docs before committing.
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/10/transitioning_a.html

Lots of people management ideas as well as change management.

I’d encourage you to include OpenOffice.org Draw in your table as a graphics program that can substitute for Canvas, Corel Draw, or even the more basic functions of Illustrator. It’s a dandy program, powerful and easy, and can export to GIF, PNG, TIF, PDF, etc.