Hi :) I usually find one of the main blockers to Ubuntu migrations is trying to get wireless connections to work.  They should work because yes, both sides are running Gnu&Linux but somehow it's only the Windows laptops that can connect, not the Ubuntu ones (or the Ubuntu side of the dual-boot).  We are now in a position to demand that wireless connections do work with Gnu&Linux.  No more of this Cd with only Windows drivers.  We need wireless devices that give us the equivalents for Mac and for Gnu&Linux.  People and the mainstream media (even the tech press) are years away from realising that desktops are a vital part of the eco-system.  At the moment they are still wowed by the tiny machines being faster and doing more than their crumbling ancient Windows-'driven' desktops.  Eventually they might realise they still need desktops but maybe ones that don't rely on Windows.  Lets capitalise on the brief moment we have to push mobile devices and their capabilities.  Most office workers work in only 2 or 3 locations;  home, work and maybe "in-transit between the 2".  It's fairly rare to have multiple work locations.  About half the people at my main work-place bring in their Androids, iPad/iPhones with no thought or expectation of being able to use them productively.  To be fair even desktop users tend to email documents to each other in order to get them onto the machine that can print.  They don't seem to understand that they can save to the network and them reach from any machine and they don't seem to realise that all machine can print.  However, why not print directly from their Android's?  Maybe only to 1 or 2 of the printers at work or the 1 at home (depending on where they are).  We have only a couple of years to push this type of work-flow before everyone starts to return to their desktops but right now we have an opportunity to really push for peripherals that are compatible.  Btw i have huge troubles trying to get a proper office photocopier to work.  We have a large Ricoh with a multi-sheet feeder on top, supposedly able to staple as well as collate.  It's so tall that it's made to stand on the floor and comes up to just over waist high on me although it's more like chest high to a lot of the ladies.  We also have an A3 colour printer that we normally use to print A4 in colour.  I can't get the Oki C810 nor the Ricoh to work at all under Gnu&Linux.  The tiny hewlett packard printers worked "straight off the bat" with 0 effort.  Regards from Tom :)  >________________________________ > From: Martin Wildam