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As a followup to an earlier blog post at Ubuntu's blog about why those on Windows 7 should upgrade to Ubuntu, the same blog has a post about how to actually do it.
A few days ago, Rhys Davies wrote a timely article, titled Why you should upgrade to Ubuntu. In it, he outlined a high-level overview of what the end of support of Windows 7 signifies for the typical user, the consideration – and advantages – of migrating to Ubuntu as an alternative, and the basic steps one should undertake to achieve this.
We'd like to expand on this idea. We will provide a series of detailed, step-by-step tutorials that should help less tech-savvy Windows 7 users migrate from their old operating system to Ubuntu. We will start with considerations for the move, with emphasis on applications and data backup. Then, we will follow up with the installation of the new operating system, and finally cover the Ubuntu desktop tour, post-install configuration and setup.
The upcoming Long Term Support (LTS) release will have not just the usual five years of regular support but an optional additional five years for those that decide to pay. That would be 10 years starting from April, 2020.
Previously:
Ditching Windows: 2 Weeks with Ubuntu Linux on a Dell XPS 13 (2018)
How to Create a Custom Ubuntu ISO with Cubic (2018)
Debian vs. Ubuntu: What's the Difference? (2017)
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday January 30 2020, @07:55PM (1 child)
What? Unless they've become significantly worse since before I switched to Mint (quite possible I suppose), the Live CD ISO was absolutely bloated with software. And you could use the package manager to temporarily "install" more even while you were live-booting. Admittedly, the last few times I've tried the Live image, the video driver keeps committing suicide if I try to open a web browser IIRC, so I limit myself to the install wizard. That could have to do with my specific hardware, though.
Maybe GNOME is fucked but I have a script I wrote way back when to open file browser windows that works with both Thunar and Cygwin that automatically figures out what you're running in, that can open multiple windows fine:
--
mode=`uname | grep -i cygwin | wc -l`
if [ $mode -gt 0 ] ; then
mode="cygwin"
else
mode="linux"
fi
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
if [ $mode = "cygwin" ] ; then
/cygdrive/c/Windows/explorer.exe /e,`cygpath -w "$PWD"`
elif [ $mode = "linux" ] ; then
thunar "$PWD" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
exit
fi
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; do
if [ $mode = "cygwin" ] ; then
/cygdrive/c/Windows/explorer.exe /e,`cygpath -w "$1"`
elif [ $mode = "linux" ] ; then
thunar "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
shift
done
Could probably refactor it a bit but eh, whatever.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @02:16AM
They've really skinnied it down. Not even python (not that that's a big deal any more, python is dying). Many command-line tools you'd expect are gone as well, such as mc. And the selection of software available through their "software center" is mighty slim pickings.
It makes sense in a way - less software selection means fewer complaints about crappy software that doesn't work.
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