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[News] Ubuntu GNU/Linux Upgrade Stories and 8 Year Old Users :-)

Microsoft is busy spreading rumours to scare away people who consider moving to
Linux. Signs of own fear.

Ubuntu - Even my 8 year old can use it (And he does)

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| My offices will be moving into a new space soon.  One of the requirements is 
| a couple of shared workstations for people who come from our remote offices 
| to work.  I am seriously thinking about making these two workstations Ubuntu 
| 8.04.  Of course there will be an Icon to connect to the Terminal Server.. 
| but hey, it’s a start..    
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http://www.techyreview.com/?p=29

Thank You Ubuntu

http://mysqlbarbeque.blogspot.com/2008/04/thank-you-ubuntu.html

Upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04

http://sanjiva.weerawarana.org/2008/04/upgraded-to-ubuntu-804.html

Ubuntu 8.04 update without any issues

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| Over the weekend I updated my Ubuntu machine from 7.10 to the brand new 8.04 
| release. I waited a few days after the official release to see if I heard any 
| reports of upgrade problems.  
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http://opencomputer.net/2008/04/28/ubuntu-804-update-without-any-issues/


Days ago:

Ubuntu 8.04 Is Ready to Take On Windows

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| I popped the Ubuntu CD into my running Vista box, opened the installer 
| application, and directed the installer where to store Ubuntu and how much 
| space to assign it. Shortly thereafter, the application prompted me to 
| reboot, after which it completed the installation process. According to 
| documentation on the Ubuntu Web site, there's a performance hit associated 
| with this sort of install, but I didn't detect an appreciable slowdown.     
| 
| The Ubuntu desktop I'd installed within Windows seemed no different from the 
| one I'd installed on its own hardware, and I was pleased to find that the 
| files from my Windows instance were accessible from Ubuntu.  
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Ubuntu-804-Is-Ready-to-Take-On-Windows/

Hardy Heron Makes Linux Worth Another Look

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| If you've flirted with the idea of switching your desktop operating system to 
| Linux but never took the leap, the time is now. This week's release of Hardy 
| Heron, an Ubuntu release that will be supported until 2011, offers a freer, 
| more productive space for work and play than ever before. It's not easy 
| jumping blind into a new way of thinking or working, and Ubuntu, the 
| so-called "Linux for Humans" operating system, is no different. For all the 
| online buzz that surrounds the increasingly popular distribution, millions of 
| sane, regular people wonder why they'd ever give up their familiar Mac or PC 
| to venture into something still relatively new. Today we're shining the 
| spotlight on a few great tools and tweaks that make Heron a worthy switch.          
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http://lifehacker.com/383769/hardy-heron-makes-linux-worth-another-look


Microsoft Profit Drops; Forecast May Miss Estimates

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| The world's biggest software maker said sales of Windows for PCs sank 24 
| percent and revenue from its online advertising unit came in at the low end 
| of its projections. Microsoft's report contrasted with positive comments from 
| chipmaker Intel Corp. and computer company International Business Machines 
| Corp.     
| 
| [...]
| 
| Microsoft declined $1.60 to $30.20 in extended trading after closing at 
| $31.80 at 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock has 
| fallen 11 percent this year.  
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQ7_iN1SxJ.c&refer=worldwide


CH: Geneva schools completely switch to Open Source

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| About 70,000 students and their 7,000 teachers in the Geneva school district 
| will gradually be moving to Open Source. 
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7576/6008


Recent:

Deploying KDE to 52 million young people

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| By the end of this year 29,000 labs serving some 32,000,000 students will be 
| fully deployed and in active use. 
| 
| By the end of next year (2009) those numbers will have swelled to 53,000 labs 
| serving some 52,000,000 students. 
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http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/04/deploying-kde-to-52-million-young.html


Feeling the heat at Microsoft

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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?  
| 
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have 
| to go with that. 
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc

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