by Alfie
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I make things on the web, mobile and in the actual world.
I've done lots of bits and bobs over the years, and right now I'm mostly working on this.
I enjoy speaking about things I like, most recently this. You can email me if you'd like, and I'm on twitter.
ha! another convert on it's way... :)
don't forget you can just boot off the ubuntu cd to check if your stuff works out of the box. if it's all OK, just hit the install button on the desktop and that's it - job done. ubuntuforums.org is a very good source of both n00b and 1337 advice, so check there before going offline.
drop me a line if you want advice on anything.
Alfie says:
Thanks man. Ill do the boot from CD first, good to know that. I just can't believe how shitty my experience has become, and after thinking about it properly I realise that even if I can't use certain apps, it's not going to kill me, and having a stable system would just be so great.
the only thing I've needed Windows for in the last two years is iTunes, to restore a bricked ipod. I could always run windows in a window (using vmware) if I really wanted to (it's not hard, I'm just lazy), then it can crash all it likes, it can just be reloaded without anything else being affected.
Alfie says:
The one thing I'm a bit worried about is creating a readable backup image of my thunderbird installation; emails go back to 2004 and need to be retained, do you know if this might be supported?
no idea I'm afraid. I store my mail online. I'm sure you can import/export a thunderbird mailbox somehow - check the docs..
the new ubuntu installer apparently imports you windows bookmarks and addressbooks and so on, although I've never used it.
Alfie says:
actually thinking about it, it's really just my folder system that I'd really need - like you said I can just grab all my mail from my gmail - but whoah, that's going to be one heckuva manual process. Cheers.
