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> Alias wrote:
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>> John Whitworth wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.co> wrote in message
>>> news:g7bu54$4ri$1@aioe.org...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What can be done with Ubuntu:
>>>>
>>>> Email
>>>> Surf the web
>>>> Burn CDs.
>>>> Rip CDs.
>>>> Listen to music.
>>>> Watch vidoes/DVDs.
>>>> Scan and print.
>>>> Spreadsheets.
>>>> Presentations
>>>> Newsgroups.
>>>> HTML editing.
>>>> Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
>>>> Make videos.
>>>> Download photos from a camera and organize them.
>>>> Translations.
>>>> Use a dictionary
>>>> Learn how to touch type.
>>>> Edit images.
>>>> Send and receive a fax.
>>>> Take screenshots.
>>>> Create .PDF files.
>>>> Create and use a data base.
>>>> Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including
>>>> Windows Live Messenger.
>>>> IRC.
>>>> Bluetooth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Can I:
>>>
>>> - use MS Office 2007?
>>> - play Lord of the Rings Online in full DirectX 10 splendour.?
>>> - play any Tomb Raider game, from TR1 to TRA? With highest graphics
>>> options?
>>> - use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2?
>>> - use Chief Architect?
>>> - use Visual Studio 2008?[/color]
>>
>>
>> No, you need Windows for those programs.
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>>>
>>> They are the important things to me, and without them, Linux is
>>> useless as a desktop system to me.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Then stick with Windows.
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>>> Hanging around with a different crowd would simply find me being
>>> given suggestions for what I perceive to be inferior software.
>>>
>>> JW[/color]
>>
>>
>> If you need programs that will only work with Windows, it pays to have
>> a Windows machine around. I do the same thing for gaming and use
>> Windows only for gaming as Ubuntu serves all my other needs quite well.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> You can do everything with Windows. The world runs on Windows OS's and
> Microsoft Office. There is no need to waste time with any linux distro.
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I know but I'm an idiot so what can I say. I'm an idiot.