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I don’t recall just when I started using Ubuntu, but it was 18-24 months ago. I was looking for a Windows XP alternative, and ran across several references to Linux, and specifically to Ubuntu. Did a bit of online reading and a book or two. Finally I jumped in and set up a desktop PC to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows XP. I ran like that for some months until I managed to screw up the dual-boot setup. Then followed a little agonizing and a decision to wipe the SSD and install only Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. A bit of a steep learning curve at times, but the books helped a lot and I found a series of articles (“30 Days with Ubuntu Linux”) written by Tony Bradley for PC World magazine. Some of those gave technical help, and others just boosted my confidence. All said and done, not too bad a learning curve and I had some fun at the same time.
I use Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, and LibreOffice, frequently. Also, a number of others as needed. My one on-going frustration is with scanning. It is often a hassle – when I need to scan – to get the software to “find” my Canon USB scanner. I started with Simple Scan, but now use Xsane – which does a better job. Printing to my Samsung laser printer has never been an issue, nor has Internet.
My computer: - Built from a kit via tigerdirect.com - CPU: AMD Athlon 64 bit - RAM: 4GB DDR2 - SSD: 60 GB - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS lives here - External USB HDD: 500 GB - Ubuntu and previous Win XP Documents, formatted FAT32 - Display: HP 17 inch
Now that Windows XP is officially unsupported, today I took another older desktop PC, wiped XP, and installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - more fun to come. The maxhine is older and slower, but up to the task.