This month I got a call from a former colleague asking for my help with her small office computers. At first I turned her down saying that I'm too busy right now and referred her instead to a friend of mine. For some reason the friend of mine was too busy either. So she called me back and told me her computer problems about viruses, spywares, computer freezing up, too slow, etc. and she asked me if I could be her maintenance guy, you know like checking on the computers on a regular basis, and she's willing to pay for my services. Well, I thought this isn't the first time people coming to me asking and offering the same thing. And every time I say yes I end up working until midnight fixing their computers. So I said to her I would gladly do it only if she agrees that we convert her office computers into using Linux (GNU/LINUX). "Alright!" she agreed and I went on installing Ubuntu.
She's got two desktops and one laptop all wired to a broadband router/modem device! One desktop is a PC compatible P4 class with at least 2.xGHz processor and 512mb RAM. It also serves as a print server for two different HP All-in-One printers (HP OfficeJet 4300 series & HP PSC 1600 series). So I placed in my Ubuntu Edgy Eft LiveCD and tried to find out first if it could detect the printers. Thankfully it did and so I proceeded onto installing it! The other desktop is an older machine. It's one of those they call compact PCs. It has at least P3 class 1.xGHz processor with 256mb RAM. You can find it here . I was a little bit more wary about it since it's a branded type and its support CD is no longer available. To my heart's delight upon running the Live CD I was able to open and run the very popular Nelson Mandela sample video with audio on it! Again I went on installing it onto the hard drive. Needless to say I was also able to install Ubuntu to her pretty new Redfox laptop. Now I got my first linux office with file and printer sharing!
She's got two desktops and one laptop all wired to a broadband router/modem device! One desktop is a PC compatible P4 class with at least 2.xGHz processor and 512mb RAM. It also serves as a print server for two different HP All-in-One printers (HP OfficeJet 4300 series & HP PSC 1600 series). So I placed in my Ubuntu Edgy Eft LiveCD and tried to find out first if it could detect the printers. Thankfully it did and so I proceeded onto installing it! The other desktop is an older machine. It's one of those they call compact PCs. It has at least P3 class 1.xGHz processor with 256mb RAM. You can find it here . I was a little bit more wary about it since it's a branded type and its support CD is no longer available. To my heart's delight upon running the Live CD I was able to open and run the very popular Nelson Mandela sample video with audio on it! Again I went on installing it onto the hard drive. Needless to say I was also able to install Ubuntu to her pretty new Redfox laptop. Now I got my first linux office with file and printer sharing!
