Migrate them slowly
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 06:53:54PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> I have used Mahogany and have it installed, but it still does not work as
> well as xfmail. I will try it again when the next package update takes
> place. Too buggy now.
>
Yeah, but it looks _really_ promising. The embedded Python is a cool
idea. Once it does threading as well as mutt, I'll look into it
seriously.
To make it easy for newbies to migrate, we replace their
components one a time under Windows using a windows port of dpkg:
Outlook Express -> Mahogany
Word -> AbiWord
Excel -> Gnumeric
Command.com -> bash (or zsh) with the cygnus tools
Photoshop -> Gimp
IE -> Mozilla
a lot of other programs exist for unix that look and function like their
windows counterparts (like icq stuff, xmms, IglooFTP/gftp, et. al).
and then the kicker:
Explorer's UI -> LiteStep (Afterstep/WindowMaker for windows)
Gradually, a little at a time, we get them used to it. Then, we replace
the kernel. An experienced user helps them set it up, and they already
know how to use the programs. Voila! We have a new Debian user!
--
Stephen Pitts
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
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