On 04/24/2011 11:43 AM, Mike Coday pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
thanks for all the thoughts, folks. Gives me some ideas about what to try.
In the past when I tried migrating to Linux (ubuntu and others before) I would end up freezing the machine somehow when I was in the learning curve. Life is just too busy for me to spend endless hours reinstalling the OS, so I would give up and reluctantly go back to Windows.
I think there is no question that linux is a little geeky, more command line knowledge needed than windows, plus the language is a little unfamiliar.
I am having trouble configuring the browser preference, having trouble tapping in to the existing windows network here at home, so that I can access shared stuff like printers, scanners, document folder (we all switched to Open Office years ago to help with the eventual move to linux) music library, etc.
My spouse used to administer a unix system before retirement, but that was a few years ago, and I don't think she has interest in learning linux command line stuff because it would cut in to gardening time.
I don't want to start the desktop war. Just need a little help and don't want to be completely obnoxious noobie as I try again to switch platforms.
I am going to try installing KDE, LXDE and some of the others mentioned and see if I can sort it out.
Thanks again,
Mike
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