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posted by martyb on Thursday January 30 2020, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly

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)


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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday January 31 2020, @06:10AM (1 child)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday January 31 2020, @06:10AM (#951667) Journal

    Bull-fucking_shit! Are you not aware, my dear and porphorous barbara, that for any linux user, there are multiple and excessive tools to detect any and all kinds of skullduggery by the major players? We can actually see the keyloggers of Microsoft, the non-acknowledged tracking of the Apple. Your only point is that you are incompetent when it comes to networked computers. I was prone to be sympathetic to you, what with the snow and the perverts, but this suggests that you are not who you are, if you ever were, and from now on, I will either ignore you, or down mod you on sight. Lying has consequences. Deal with them.

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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @05:53PM

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Friday January 31 2020, @05:53PM (#951856) Journal

    All computers connected to the internet are tracked. That's just a fact of life. Even linux behind a VPN.

    The only thing to do is take reasonable precautions. Don't use Windows. Don't use Android. Remove all google apps from an iPhone. Turn off GPS. Turn off bluetooth. Don't use social media. Don't use Google. Don't use Youtube. don't use ANY mapping software. Use tracking blockers. Don't install any social media. Don't install any games.

    And don't leave your home computer physically connected online (or even turned on) when you're not using it. And don't turn on bluetooth or gps on your phone, or wifi except when you actually need it.

    It's not hard, and it helps, but I am under no illusion that anyone walking around with a radio transceiver in their pocket or purse that isn't in a Faraday cage can't be tracked and tied directly to the owner.

    But I trust Apple not to sell the profile of my email contents to over 1,000 advertisers. Or Microsoft to insert ads into my emails (that was one dumb move on their part, but such is life, we saw it coming, we know they want everyone to switch to a subscription model for all their software including operating systems, and require an always-on internet connection. They even admitted it back in the XP days, but most people are quick to forget).

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