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Ubuntu 9.04 For the Windows Power User
crazipper writes "Know a Windows power user who is (honestly) good with technology, but hasn't yet warmed to Linux? Tom's Hardware just posted a guide to installing and using Ubuntu 9.04, written specifically for the MS crowd (in other words, it talks about file systems, mount points, app installation, etc). Hopefully, by the end, your 'friend' will realize just how easy Ubuntu can be to use and start down a long path of exploration with a new operating system."
If you're too dumb to install Ubuntu, there is no way you're going to enjoy using it.
I support the movement, but I don't think tutorials are the way to gain converts.
How about "Play games on your xbox. Don't buy or install the suckfest that is Vista or 7. Don't have to reregister with MS every time you change your motherboard."
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
but you'd think that most power users would at least be familiar with Start | Run | "cmd" | "ipconfig".
You overestimate the skills of a Windoze "power user". They are usually hardly more skilled than a 12 year old script kiddie.
I'm sorry, but you can only call yourself 'technically proficient' if you know how to use Linux. Anyone can learn to use Windows' 'toy' admin features, but it takes someone with no social skills or friends to have the technical know-how to administer a *real* operating system, such as Ubuntu.
You can use the ubuntu brainstorm thingy to suggest things like that. If it sounds nice, people will vote it up and it will be ignored.
Fixed that for you.