Before the negative posts start arriving please understand that this is my comment to the editorial story on IDG which I’ve linked here for you entitled:
To clarify, I call any PC which a user sits at, that has the traditional keyboard, mouse and display a desktop PC.
I cannot fault the author of that article because it is simply true. You can convert users, but over time without good constant support from a real person they are likely to move back to Windows.
Well it has been a while but not all is lost. Most recently i was quite surprised to hear that many people have problems with this. Since it is pretty simple I figured it was a good opportunity to explain the process. Sure Natty is out now, but I figure many folks will still find this relevant. This is being done on a Ubuntu 10.04 machine and the USB drive is a 2GB Kingston. Its older, but more than sufficient for the job.
I hope this helps anyone having issues with this process. If you have any questions feel free to comment.
Well its an interesting story but not one that has been a true surprise. I found it interesting since there is so much controversy over the Apple App Store that this seems to be a catch-22 for Apple. What Do I mean? Let me outline.
Debian OS
Our preferred server OS. Great improvements on package maintenance as well as greater emphasis on security of network packages has made this one of the choice OS”s for servers
FreeNAS
A great Network Accessible Storage (NAS) solution for any environment. Boots from a small image. One of the best projects, based on FreeBSD 5.x/6.x
Ubuntu OS
Our desktop OS of choice, completely free to download, and free to use. Has one of the largest support offerings as well as a very large user-community