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[Graham <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"I never do dual-boot installations - tried it a few times and it is
additional complexity added. However, maybe I should try your way of
offering the dual-boot."

Martin, you are right it is more complex to deploy.
I have developed a method of deployment which seems to cover most cases and seems to be reasonably popular:

1. Basically repartition the current HDD to free a 10G space somewhere and install Ubuntu into that.
2. Then mount the original partitions into Ubuntu to appear as folders on the desktop.
3. Then install as much of the equivalent software and get as much working as possible.
4. Add a swap file into the Ubuntu installation (1-3G depending on free space)
5. Ensure Windows boots OK and make sure Ubuntu is the default.
6. Demonstrate to the user how to boot Windows and run through the Ubuntu equivalents, how to install software etc.
7. Leave them to it and be available to help.

Once you do this you find that after a few months of them on their own,
they sing the praises of Ubuntu and wonder how they put up with Windows.

"The problems arise when you have people who are e.g. working as
freelancers and need to communicate a lot with other companies."

I am a freelancer so I have directly experienced this.
My experience is this is purely FUD.
I deal with agencies, consultancies and clients and all through I have used Linux machines to do my business.
Very rarely I have a stubborn customer who insists you use some Microsoft package.
Once I go round the roundabout of complaining it doesn't work (but not telling them why) they will allow you to provide a solution which works and move on.

"I myself are facing the biggest hurdles as I am running my Ubuntu in a
Windows-only environment in the office where whole IT department is
fully Microsoft-conform."

As a freelancer I feel your pain with this one.

Again I have a strategy for this, which basically involves installing Ubuntu into virtualbox on whatever equipment they provide, then after a couple of weeks setting up dual boot and continuing with that.
I usually avoid telling the client I have set up dual boot since this starts the FUD again, but they usually never ask.

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So you are now asking why I go through all this pa-lava just to use Ubuntu and why don't I just put up with Windows and keep the client happy?

Again in my experience they thank the fact that I can keep near 100%
uptime and connectivity when everyone else is complaining about their IT
dept keep messing around with their machine and breaking it on patch
Tuesday and locking them out of access.

On more than one occasion I have been asked by my line managers to
perform tasks on their behalf since they can't do it do to their
companies enforced IT policy, or simply because my machine is the only
one still working in the office!

If you want support feel free to contact.

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

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Bug description:
  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
  marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant
  to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is
  driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to
  all."

  "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world."
       * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and
  concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into
  the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles
  innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious
  anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic
  practices.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

      1. Visit a local PC store.
      2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-
  installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating
  system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be
  proprietary.

  What should happen:

  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.

       * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
       * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
       * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

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