[ale] Linux Kubuntu install

[Paul Cartwright]

On Monday 12 February 2007 16:20, Robert Reese wrote:
> >what he was saying was it looked like his theme had been replaced, the
> >windows were all different, and things "didn't work".
>
> That seems consistent with overwritten system files, unfortunately.

I agree.

>  
> >
> >it is an older PC, and I'm not sure how often he defrags....
>
> If he's a "normal" Windows user, probably closer to the week before never.
> ?Few Windows users know what this is, and fewer do it regularly. ?To this
> day I still get quizzical or blank stares when I ask someone when they last
> 'defragged'. ?They naturally ask what the blue-blazes is defragging, and I
> tell them it's equivalent to changing the oil in their car, and should be
> done just as often. ?I love the look I get when they learn that!

I taught him to defrag a long, LONG time ago... does he do it regularly, like 
everyone else, I doubt it.
 
>
> Really!? Oh, that's nice to know!! :c) ?As far as getting your son over to
> Linux, I've noticed that KDE looks more like Windows than the screenshots
> of Vista. ?Oddly, it seems to me that Vista looks more like Gnome. ?I
> discovered Gnome last year, and as a power-user I like it more than I like
> KDE. ?For Windows non-power-users I've been recommending KDE as a
> transition as it is a less-extreme switch than Gnome is (so far).

I setup KDE because my wife is more comfortable using it. On out old windows 
box I always had a alternative windows program running... litestep.... I was 
just trying Beryl  recently, and before that I also ran and enjoyed 
Enlightenment.
 
>
> I'll let you know how I fare as far as the VM stuff goes. ?I've discovered
> already that Xen seems to require full virtualization to run XP and my
> laptop can't do it. ?I'm going to try VMWare on it to see what I can do.
> ?As for my wife's computer, it will handle Xen apparently. ?I've finished
> with the installation on her computer and it is dual-bootable. ?VMWare has
> a tool that supposed to let me virtualize an existing XP install, so that
> should also be of interest.

I have no clue what XEN is, but I saw it during the boot process, there is a 
menu entry for it.

>
> One last thing I'll mention before I go is that I tried installing Ubuntu
> 6.10 onto a 2GB USB drive, but I ran out of room. ?:( ?I wanted to be able
> to pull it out of my pocket and boot a computer to it so people can quickly
> see what it's all about and play with it just like a Live CD. ?C'est le
> vie... back to the drawing board.
good idea! when you get it to work, let me know, that sounds handy!!

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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800