running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

[Howard Gibson]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:06:05 -0500
Matt Price <matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> My girlfriend is buying a new computer a month or two from now and I'm
> hoping to convince her to let me install ubuntu feisty on it...
> 
> So I am looking for stories from people who have done this successfully,
> and if possible some web postings that explain how easy it is to do, who
> transparently it works, and how happy customers are when they get a look
> at the superior OS which is GNUlinux (or ubuntu, or gentoo, or debian,
> or whatever).  cross-posting to the 3 communities I sort of belong to
> (ubuntu, debian, toronto lug), sorry if you get multiple copies.
> 
> Thanks loads!  Looking forward to lots of success stories,
> 
> Matt

Matt,

   I picked up a second-hand Pentium III for my mom and I put Fedora Core_2 on it.  My objective was to hand her a computer with an OS I understand and that I can reinstall if neccessary without violating anyone's intellectual property.  My assumptions are that the machine will not slowly deteriorate in performance as spyware and other crap gets installed from internet, and that the machine will be reliable.

   So far, so good.  I delivered the reliability I said that I would. 

   She was unable to cancel a print job because she launched the print window, but did not realize she had to select a printer.  Windows would have failed too.

   I advised her to use Open Office rather than AbiWord to prepare documents.  AbiWord looked simpler to her, but I figure Open Office does everything, somehow.  There is something to be said for bloatware. 

   The main incompatibility between Open Office and Microsoft Word is that OO spaces its lines out more, messing up the formatting a bit.  Other than that, you can generate documents in DOC format and switch back and forth between machines.

   I know nothing about endnote.

   The correct Microsoft Windows resource for editing HTML is NOTEPAD.  A functional level of HTML can be taught in about an hour.  Stylesheets can be figured out in an hour or two more.  You can send her to http://www.WebPagesThatSuck.com to find out why the graphic editors, particularly Microsoft FrontPage, don't work very well. 

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