Last week, I had actually brought back my friend’s computer to work so that i could give it to her. But before I did, I asked her if she would like to have an alternative operating system installed beside Vista.
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. So I took that laptop home again and installed a REAL OS onto it.
I got out my Ubuntu 10.04 CD and got that wondrously user-friendly Ubuntu onto a 60GB slice of her hard drive. I installed all the apps and features I could think of, including lots of educational software and games for her kid.
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. I think she’ll like the pink look everything has now.
And Ubuntu works like a dream on her Dell. The screen is sharp and crisp, all the advanced graphic features work and even wireless is working like a champ.
And I wrote up a little hot-to/pointer sheet for her, which you can see in glorious Kazakhstan PDF format right here. 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.
See? I knew you’d agree.
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.