Migrating from Windows to Ubuntu
I was primarily a Windows user, before I started to play around with Ubuntu. First off, I installed it on my home laptop, to see how well it would work… I was thoroughly impressed. Of course, on this laptop, I didn’t need anything but a browser, pidgin, and the basic Office suite. The real test was going to be switching to Ubuntu at work. Migrating away from the beast, Outlook, to Thunderbird / Lightning. Surprisingly, it was very easy:
- Install Thunderbird on your Windows box (the one with Outlook)
- Fire it up, and you’ll get the option to Import - follow the steps to import from Outlook
- After the mail is imported, browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\(username)\. Copy the folder with the random letters. Tags: linux, outlook, thunderbird, ubuntu, Windows