"Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.co> wrote in message
news:g7bu54$4ri$1@aioe.org...[color=blue]
> John Whitworth wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
>> news:R0bb0b.3dpi51@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> James;989530 Wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
>>>>
>>>
>>> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I have to. I
>>> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only use it
>>> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without, otherwise I
>>> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely refuse to get
>>> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS relys on the
>>> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a lot of
>>> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
>>> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of the end
>>> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.[/color]
>>
>> Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't been for
>> the 8 years that I've followed it, and probably never will be suitable
>> for mainstream desktop computing. Last time it was apparently 'stepping
>> up', there were Linux magazines available and all sorts. MS spends
>> millions ensuring that their product provides what their target audience
>> wants. Whether it works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in it's
>> Ubuntu incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as it did
>> back in the days when Red Hat was due to take over the world. It doesn't
>> listen to what the majority of people want. I'm sure the acid test for
>> most people would be being able to install their copy of MS Office
>> natively, with the same ease as in Windows. Can you do that?
>>
>> Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a desktop. But
>> hey, it has some nice screensavers! :-)
>>
>> Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The majority of
>> people that I know through work and personal life, do not want OpenOffice
>> or other such applications. They want to use their Works or Office
>> software.
>>
>> JW[/color]
>
> You need to hang out with a different crowd, one that thinks. You haven't
> been following anything because Ubuntu works out of the box and needs no
> terminal work to get it or keep it going. Ubuntu has come along way since
> I first installed it in 06. For example, you can now change the grub order
> with a GUI. NTFS drives are automagically recognized. Linux friendly
> printers install with three clicks, scanners as well. Plug the web cam in
> and out pops Cheese. No software on a CD required.
>
> What can be done with Ubuntu:
>
> Email[/color]

Yea you can do email
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> Surf the web[/color]

Yea you can surf the web
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> Burn CDs.[/color]

You probably can burn CD's - Maybe
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> Rip CDs.[/color]

You might be able to rip CD's - Maybe
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> Listen to music.[/color]

You don't need a computer to listen to music
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> Watch vidoes/DVDs.[/color]

You don't need a computer to watch videos and DVD's
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> Scan and print.[/color]

Maybe.

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> Spreadsheets.[/color]

Only for adding 10-20 numbers.

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> Presentations[/color]

Best left to Microsoft Powerpoint
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> Newsgroups.[/color]

Where Alias lives to preach Ubuntu
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> HTML editing.[/color]

Basic editing you can do[color=blue]
> Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.[/color]

Ubuntu is great at playing games. Ubuntu is designed as a TOY and not a
real OS.
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> Make videos.[/color]

Better leave this to the big boys. Can you say MAC or PC?

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> Download photos from a camera and organize them.[/color]

Yea you can download photos and organize them. But just a few.

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> Translations.[/color]

Yes, you need someone to help translate Ubuntu into English
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> Use a dictionary[/color]

Sure - Surf to the WEB and find the dictionary.
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> Learn how to touch type.[/color]

Wow - I didn't know you can type using Ubuntu! The designers must have
spent years on this one!!!!

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> Edit images.[/color]

Yea, very basic editing. For power work use Photoshop on a PC or MAC.

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> Send and receive a fax.[/color]

You don't need a Ubuntu for this. Your printer can do this task alone!

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> Take screenshots.[/color]

Wow - Ubuntu can take screenshots? I better write my Mama.

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> Create .PDF files.[/color]

BFD

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> Create and use a data base.[/color]

Oh boy, create a simple database with maybe 100 entries.

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> Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including[/color]

Again. BFD.
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> Windows Live Messenger.
> IRC.
> Bluetooth.
>
> and much more!
>
> What you can't do with Ubuntu:
>[/color]
Any real work with any real value.