On Wednesday 29 November 2006 04:44 am, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:19 AM [GMT+1=CET], Keith Bates
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:05:32 +0100
> >
> > Marc Hug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi. Someone answered a question regarding MS Vista by
> >> recommending Ubuntu Linux.
> >> I really do not know much about Operating systems. If I would
> >> consider replacing MS Windows by a Linux system, my main
> >> question would be: will I be able to communicate with other
> >> people and read their files, let them read mine etc. ? If this
> >> rises problems that require specialized knowledge, I quit.
> >> Marc H.
>
> <snip>
>
> > The short answer is: yes you can do all these things under linux.
> > You can even use quite a few programs such as open office,
> > firefox, opera etc which are all available in several operating
> > systems.
> >
> > If you are into games, however, you are best to stick to windows
> > (or keep both windows and linux on separate machines, or even the
> > same machine)
>
> <snip>
> Other things to determine include features like being able to
> download podcasts (does Itunes run on Linux?), listen to CDs, watch
> DVDs, record CDs/DVDs and other multi-media gadgets. Image
> manipulation, for example, is another area to consider. My newish
> digital camera came with software for Windows and MAC but not for
> Linux although there might well be something out there (I haven't
> looked).
>
> I think most if not all of this is available under Linux but I
> believe require more work than under Windows. Somebody please tell
> me I'm wrong.
>
> Harold Fuchs
> London, England
I listen to a podcast every week. It is a streaming MP3 format.
If I click on the podcast link in Konqueror, Amarok opens and plays
the streaming file. (If I use Seamonkey, I have to tell it to use
Amarok for this purpose.) Konqueror is the KDE file and web browser.
It will handle streaming mp3's, but Seamonkey will not.
My digital camera connects to the computer via USB. I have no
problems downloading the pictures from it using software available on
the basic 3 CD set of Mandriva Linux. These programs are likely on
most if not all distributions of LInux. Of course, my digital camera
is 3 and a half years old. The picture format for my camera is *.jpg,
and there are programs on the Install CD's for making changes in
them.
Then there is Gimp which is similar to Photo Shop. And the list
goes on.
Dan
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