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I recently Migrated my Laptop from Windows Xp to Ubuntu 8.10 and i think its the best possible move I have made after a long time.

I was quite sceptical at first about the Migration so uploaded Ubuntu on a partition on my Laptop. So now I had the option to choose between Ubuntu 8.10 or Windows XP when i boot up my Laptop.

It was very easy, As soon as you boot up Ubuntu it will automatically upload all the drivers needed for your Laptop Hardware without you telling it which hardware you have. Helps when you are not aware about the hardware on your PC or Laptop.

And after the Installation was done I was completely Blown away by the quality of graphics on Ubuntu and then by the sound quality. I had no idea that just changing a OS would have so much effect on the Graphics and Sound.

Then the most important check that I had to perform was to check if I can access my word and excel documents. Again i was able to do so which much ease using Open Office. And with all the features that i had with MS Excel and MS Powerpoint.

Then I had to secure my PC, so I started searching ways to secure it on Ubuntu. Again to my surprise I did not have to spend any money on expensive Anti-Virus as I had no threat of Viruses, Spywares and Malwares on Ubuntu.

Then I had to migrate all my mails from Oulook Express to Thunderbird on Ubuntu. It was as easy as copying a folder from Windows and replacing it in Ubuntu and all this with the help of Ubuntu Forum.

The Ubuntu Forum also helped me to transfer all my saved passwords, Bookmarks and cache from Windws Firefox to Ubuntu.

In the past i tried the Microsoft Forum and let me tell you they are the worst people to ask for help. The guys at Ubuntu were so helpfull they eevn gave me a few tips on how to optimize my Laptop use.

The last thing that made me a complete Ubuntu fan was when i accidently tried to install something on ubuntu and messed up the look of my Ubuntu Desktop. The only thing that i had to do was to copy a folder from my frieds PC who had Ubuntu installed and paste and replace it in my home directory and wallah done my Laptop look was back to normal.

If it had been Windows I would have had to reinstall it which agan takes around 2 to 3 hours.

So trust me and migrate to Ubuntu as soon as possible.

I know most softwares are initialy not supported on Ubuntu for now, but believe me once people start using it software developers would have no choice but to make it Ubuntu compatible or Linux Compatible.

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