SonicSteve
January 13th, 2007, 04:37 PM
Greetings,
If this thread should be moved to a new forum area feel free to do so.
I've been using ubuntu for some time now and I have no intentions of getting rid it. I quite like it and in general I'm very happy with it. Part of what I do for a living is fixing and building computers.
I'm at a point where I'm starting to offer Ubuntu as an alternative to people over windows. There is one catch though, most people are used to windows with varying degrees of know how. That being the case when I offer Ubuntu I would feel much better If I could present these people with a Windows to Ubuntu translation guide.
I see this being different from a wiki or customization guide in that unless your know how of computers, windows, and computer terminology is quite advanced you won't have a clue of what you're looking for. Hence a translation guide.
For instance,
for people who use dial up internet and are used to setting up a dialup internet connection, the translation would be;
Administration>network settings> modem connection> etc. etc. etc.
The same kind of thing for DSL connections, and this list would be quite extensive.
I know this would be a great deal of work, and if one exists like this please point me to it and I'll have a gander at it.
If this thread should be moved to a new forum area feel free to do so.
I've been using ubuntu for some time now and I have no intentions of getting rid it. I quite like it and in general I'm very happy with it. Part of what I do for a living is fixing and building computers.
I'm at a point where I'm starting to offer Ubuntu as an alternative to people over windows. There is one catch though, most people are used to windows with varying degrees of know how. That being the case when I offer Ubuntu I would feel much better If I could present these people with a Windows to Ubuntu translation guide.
I see this being different from a wiki or customization guide in that unless your know how of computers, windows, and computer terminology is quite advanced you won't have a clue of what you're looking for. Hence a translation guide.
For instance,
for people who use dial up internet and are used to setting up a dialup internet connection, the translation would be;
Administration>network settings> modem connection> etc. etc. etc.
The same kind of thing for DSL connections, and this list would be quite extensive.
I know this would be a great deal of work, and if one exists like this please point me to it and I'll have a gander at it.