Rhys, If the worst comes to the worst you could install your Ubuntu is a Virtual Box running under Windows. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html
I went in the opposite direction, running WinXP in a VB under Linux for the one Windows program that I once needed. Good luck, Bob On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Rhys <[email protected]> wrote: > (Ian, I'm in Goulburn too, so let's get together for a chat/drink > sometime.) > > I've been using Ubuntu for many years, and as my only desktop system for > the last two years. > > I'd dearly love to get my ASUS laptop onto Ubuntu too, instead of > (shudder) Windows8, but the lockdown has defeated my efforts so far. I > want to find a company in Goulburn or Canberra that will just fix that for > me. > > Once I've paid off my mortgage, I'd like to set up a business to promote > Ubuntu/LibreOffice/Odoo to rural enterprises. > > Cheers, > > Rhys from Goulburn > > > > > On 23/03/15 20:22, Ian Mann wrote: > > I only started using Ubuntu at 13.10 version, my repairman in Goulburn NSW > put me onto it. I use 14.04 now, and might upgrade when 16.04 comes out > next year. I am very happy with it. > > Ian > > On 23/03/15 20:16, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > > I began using Ubuntu in 2009 after using MS for Windows over 15 years. I > found it to be excellent and it has got better since. It provides all the > applications that I need with a few exceptions, most of those being related > to science and amateur radio (I am an engineer and a radio amateur). Even > so many scientific applications that I use are available in Linux. > I am very happy with this operating system and I wonder why so few of my > colleagues in amateur radio and others do not use it as their standard > operating system. I also have Linus Mint running on a separate HDD - it > works just as well as Ubuntu. When I have had the need to repair my desktop > PC I find that repairer is unfamiliar with Linux (the boss knows but his > repairmen don't). > So I ask AU-Ubuntu members/users how widely is Ubuntu being used? I notice > that this website has become very quiet. > Do not hesitate to refer me to website for more information on Ubuntu > usage. > Thanks, Geoffrey Combes > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- No Hortense! Seaweed does not taste fishy. Fish taste seaweedy.
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