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Last night I installed Linux on Becky's laptop. I have been trying to persuade Becky to give Linux a go for a while, but until now, she had been quite content with using Windows XP. Then, last night, when Becky asked me to create a backup of her collection of digital photos and music, I took the opportunity to ask her [again] if she thought it was about time she dropped her ageing Windows XP installation in favour of modern Linux desktop. To my surprise, she agreed. So, I created a backup of Becky's data and proceeded to install my latest remastered version Ubuntu. I could of installed a vanilla Ubuntu install, but I wanted her first real experience of Linux to be as smooth as possible. Once the installation had completed, I restored Becky's data and handed back her laptop; she powered it up and proceeded to go about her business. I waited for the comments and questions, but they never came. As it turned out, I actually ended up pestering her to show her a few things; we had a play with entering a few terminal commands and installing the odd package. Finally, Becky reluctantly said, "It's quite good". Result :) Tags: advocacy, life, linux, ubuntu

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