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.
Yep.....you are! ;) I'm a pro. photographer, and I do ALL my work in
Linux.....using Bibble (commercial app.) and Gimp. Itunes.....can't tell
you. Any music that I don't leave as wav files I convert to o.g. for
better quality. DVDs, recording, etc., with SUSE Linux is NO problem. In
fact, making an archival copy of a DVD is MUCH easier than with MickySoft.
Fred
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