[CS-FSLUG] Linux Conversion Experience

[EnzoAeneas]

I am attempting a similar thing with my church. We cannot afford to be
buying windows licenses for hardware we build or needs to reinstall.
Plus Linux has so many free software options, it is not even funny.

--Kevin James

2008/10/21 Josiah Ritchie <josiah at ritchietribe.net>:
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>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a friend in the Lord who has asked my help with his computer on
>> several occasions. Someone simply gave him one, and it is his first one to
>> actually own. It ran XP on some decent but cheap hardware. My first look at
>> it found the thing loaded with viruses and spyware. Got it clean, but there
>> were other flaws. His nice Audigy soundcard died, but the onboard sound
>> wasn't so bad. However, most of the time I spent helping him clean up
>> infestations of junk.
>>
>> This last time around he got hold of something which is probably based in
>> a rootkit or some other hiding technique. Using the best cleanup software,
>> the main bulk of the stuff would be removed, but after going online for a
>> short time, it would regenerate. When I explained the only better answer was
>> paying money for more expert service, he asked if I had trouble with
>> viruses.
>>
>> "Well, of course not. I run Linux" He asked what that was, and I showed
>> him Kubuntu from the CD on his own machine. He decided that was easy enough,
>> and asked me to do a Linux conversion. We still have his product key if it
>> doesn't work out, but I'm now installing openSUSE 11.0 because it had better
>> drivers for this particular eMachine -- at least, the hardware worked better
>> out of the box. I'm going to setup all the extra goodies he as come to
>> expect.
>>
>> I'm praying he understand and learn to like the freedom.
>
> Congrats on finding someone brave enough to take the jump! I forced it on my
> inlaws due to license issues with a PC they were provided by a closing
> business. That and I didn't want to support Windows and I'm the main line of
> support.
>
> JSR/
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