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Bug #1 (liberation)
Comment #1152

Comment 1152 for bug 1

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IDWMaster (webadm) wrote on 2010-04-22:

#1152

Several people at my school had Windows crash on their computers due to a virus originating from Facebook. I provided them with Ubuntu CDs and all installations of Ubuntu were successful, and people were able to recover most of their files that were damaged by the viruses. One person asked 'where did all of my games go?' and I told him about Wine (the Windows emulator) that might be able to play some of his games. The problem is; a lot of people expect their programs from Windows to just magically 'appear' in Ubuntu's application menus from their other partition. He thought that he lost all of his games; when in reality, they still existed on his hard drive, but they were not under any of the menus because no shortcuts had been registered.
Some other questions were:
* Will I lose all of my data when I install Ubuntu? Answer: No; according to a book that I read on partitioning; only 1% of re-partitioning attempts fail (which means that you should back up your data if you have a device such as a USB hard drive, or other backup media), and if you are unable to back up your data prior to installation; it may be possible to restore your corrupted data through the recovery utilities in Ubuntu.
* Why doesn't YouTube work? - Answer: Flash Player is not installed; install it from their website or from the Ubuntu Software Center
* Why are all of the icons so big? - Answer: The display card was not properly configured. Simply install the proprietary driver under System>Administration>Hardware drivers
* Why won't my DVDs play? - Answer: Refer to the Ubuntu Help Center; under Music, video, and photos.
* Where's Microsoft Paint? - Look in the Graphics section of the Ubuntu Software Center. I personally would recommend using Gimp; which is a great alternative to programs such as Photoshop and Paint, and is entirely free and open-source.
* Does Ubuntu get rid of my virus? - There's probably an AntiVirus program for Ubuntu in the software center, but your Windows-based virus shouldn't affect your Ubuntu installation.
The only problem that occurred during the installation; was that when the user inserted the installation disc; it would sometimes ask them for a password. I told them to leave the password field blank, because there was no password, and that seemed to work. This only happened in a few cases and was not a major problem.

Several people at my school had Windows crash on their computers due to a virus originating from Facebook. I provided them with Ubuntu CDs and all installations of Ubuntu were successful, and people were able to recover most of their files that were damaged by the viruses. One person asked 'where did all of my games go?' and I told him about Wine (the Windows emulator) that might be able to play some of his games. The problem is; a lot of people expect their programs from Windows to just magically 'appear' in Ubuntu's application menus from their other partition. He thought that he lost all of his games; when in reality, they still existed on his hard drive, but they were not under any of the menus because no shortcuts had been registered.
Some other questions were:
* Will I lose all of my data when I install Ubuntu? Answer: No; according to a book that I read on partitioning; only 1% of re-partitioning attempts fail (which means that you should back up your data if you have a device such as a USB hard drive, or other backup media), and if you are unable to back up your data prior to installation; it may be possible to restore your corrupted data through the recovery utilities in Ubuntu. 
* Why doesn't YouTube work? - Answer: Flash Player is not installed; install it from their website or from the Ubuntu Software Center
* Why are all of the icons so big? - Answer: The display card was not properly configured. Simply install the proprietary driver under System>Administration>Hardware drivers
* Why won't my DVDs play? - Answer: Refer to the Ubuntu Help Center; under Music, video, and photos.
* Where's Microsoft Paint? - Look in the Graphics section of the Ubuntu Software Center. I personally would recommend using Gimp; which is a great alternative to programs such as Photoshop and Paint, and is entirely free and open-source.
* Does Ubuntu get rid of my virus? - There's probably an AntiVirus program for Ubuntu in the software center, but your Windows-based virus shouldn't affect your Ubuntu installation. 
The only problem that occurred during the installation; was that when the user inserted the installation disc; it would sometimes ask them for a password. I told them to leave the password field blank, because there was no password, and that seemed to work. This only happened in a few cases and was not a major problem.