Simplify the process of migration from Windows XP to Lubuntu
Words are easy but actions are not. The migration from Windows XP to Lubuntu will not be as easy as it seems. Not because, for example, Lubuntu is very hard to learn or use BUT for many other reasons, the migration would be hard and at some points, pain in the neck.
Reasons:
1- Ubuntu Community in most cases not dealing with newcomers in the proper way. Example: talking in a language that considered to be Greek for a newcomers from Windows XP. It is hard to find someone who can talk the same language that a newcomer from Windows XP who spent his/her entire life with Windows XP can really understand.
2- The Wiki Area is a great place for Help when someone in need and even with a quick google search, one can find what he/she is looking for but again, for a newcomer who has been using Windows XP only, the Wiki Pages could be something so hard and a real nightmare for them.
There are some other reasons for sure.
To overcome this, IMHO, the easiest and the best approach is to have YouTube Videos.
Yes, instead of asking them to 'READ', we can have a page somewhere on the Website or anywhere on the Wiki with a list of some basic yet important guides/howtos so that anyone can 'WATCH', 'SEE' and 'LEARN' from :)
Above all, on YouTube, which is considered as a Social Media Site, it is really good to upload such media not only for a newcomer to Linux/Lubuntu but for the whole world to watch.
YES, we do have a Screencasts but:
1- How can they find it?
2- Look at the dates of each one
https:/
This is just one simple suggestion to make the life of a newcomer to Linux/Lubuntu much easier :)
And, to show them that we do care and we are very welcoming and able to take them under our wings so that they feel home and even more. Exceeding someone's expectations is very important and needed at some point :)
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- Obsolete
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
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Not started
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
- Jens Leineweber
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[vanyok] Good initiative and golden words, AJ! Who is our video expert? Leszek? Maybe we can ask him to prepare some introduction videos or there might be other volunteers to do that.
YouTube is owned by Monster Corporation aka Corporation of Goodness... but still it's a leader in video hosting area. So... fine.
[JoshwaJustify] That is a very good idea, we could maybe do a video showing the comparisons between there current system of xp and how lubuntu provides an alternative, it would have to be short videos such as 3-5 minutes long to make the videos shareable but its not a bad idea.
[dale-visser] I imagine most newcomers from XP will use the installer option to preserve Windows and make their system dual boot. Perhaps there should be some easily discoverable software in Lubuntu that makes it easy to access and even move their Windows XP user data over to the Lubuntu partition? In the videos area, I can imagine a page that has videos labelled for Microsoft Office users...how to get up and running witht the office applications in Lubuntu, and how to use Software Center to download and install a Powerpoint or Access alternative, etc.
[SergioMeneses] [Re: JoshwaJustify] we already have a youtube channel but it has few videos, this would be an amazing idea to bring it back. +1
[SergioMeneses] We might create a wiki page with the process as well, I think it will be easier to translate and we might put this new link on our website near to our videos or at the description.
[amjjawad] Then what are we waiting for? ;)
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- Discussion Started but not completed - https:/
