Many months ago, some very non-tech savvy friends where having trouble with their computer. Being someone that does ‘IT stuff’ meant I got called to help out their failing machine. What I found was a Windows XP machine riddled with malware, virus and who knows what else. Knowing it was going to be me trouble than it was worth to fix it, I decided on a bold move, replace it with Ubuntu.

The happy couple had never heard of Linux, let alone Ubuntu, before. Their experience with other operating systems other than Windows based machines was a couple of five minute plays with my mac to checkout something online a few years ago. I decided at the onset not to mention that their ‘replacement’ machine would be running an operating system other than windows.

Typical usage

The happy couple have their one and only PC connected to their large flat screen TV in the living room, and use a bluetooth keyboard/mouse. They have broadband, but they only turn the PC on when they’re using it, which is only a few times a week, and then their usage is pretty limited to between half and hour to an hour a session. They surf the web, which consists mainly of TradeMe and YouTube, use Picasa and email.

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