There are more text editors for Linux than you can imagine. Some are basic like Notepad and others are very full featured and support VIM, latex and more. We also have several suites that can deal with M$ Office files. The most prevalent and best is OpenOffice. I have yet to find a file it won't open properly.
There are several ways to install Linux and you can also try it without installing it. That is where you should begin. Get an Ubuntu Live CD and try it out. You can also get other distributions or distros on Live CD. You can download and try as many as you want and it only costs you your time and the cost of CDs or DVDs. If you used re-writables, then the cost is only your time. You can get Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download You can alos request a free CD from here: https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ Instructions for burning an ISO are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto You can find other free distros here: http://distrowatch.com/ If you don't have broadband try using a torrent download or use a download helper such as: http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ If you like Ubuntu and want to install it you can install it from inside Windows, just like any program and you cna remove it the same way using a utility called Wubi which only works with Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (all versions based on Ubuntu with a slightly different interface). You don't have to partition your drive or worry about Windows being affected by Ubuntu if you go this route. Windows will be unchanged and it will be your default OS. For other distros you will have to install it, but that is quite easy these days. Yes, once installed it can be deleted using the same live CD or from within Windows using something like Partition Magic. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:55:51 PM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: help with linux on a laptop scottro thank you for the detaled expelnation (sorry for bad spelling) ok so i looked up the stuf for linux and my wi-fi card is fully suported i don't know about my sound for my speakers but i geus i will find out now i have xp on my computer with vb runing mandriva one and ubuntu and i wanted to know if there is any program that lets you work with text file and powerpoint files and all the other ofice programs and make them work in linux. that's my first question now my second is if i can delete linux and just write more stuff from xp over it on my hard drive if i don't like linux or it just is not working for me. also is there anything that lets you take files from xp and transfer them to linux with out puting them on a flash drive loging out and geting in linux and coppying them back in linux cuz that would take for ever. thanks i love this group and all the suport it gives __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
