ubuntu installation
Amos Koh
I wished to switched from windows XP to a linux OS.
After some googleing , people said ubuntu is the most popular.
the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition OS is just one disc.
while many others , like Fedora , has 5 to 6 discs.
my question is does this one single disc contain all the things i need
for the installation ?
i need the normal stuffs like a browser , email , network connection
read MS Words , Excel , etc and PDF files.
thanks
Lisa
it's got all that and then some...
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Blindraven
Regarding Microsoft Word, Excell, PDF documents and the rest - Just get open office.
You can obtain Open Office here - http://download.openoffice.org/other.html Download the English .deb
For a simple .pdf viewer I'd go KPDF but it's a matter of preference really.
I used to use http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html to get myself up and running but there is a more up to date alternative called Ultimatix (which I won't link) but a lot of elitists do not like as as it does thing's in a way contrary to how they think things should be done. Even if it does not really, except for vastly insignificant minority - do anything but save you time and ease the transition process.
your call.
Have fun.
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Chris Debenham
Evolution is there for mail/calendar and there is pretty much everything else you need on an average day already installed.
If you want to add anything more you can use the 'add/remove software' menu item to automatically download and install whatever you want
Omniwoof
Guy please let me know if I'm off the mark with this one.
Yes it does have all that on the disk, but you'll probably still want to have an internet connection to update drivers and what not.
It comes with
- Open Office (similar to MS Office Professional Ed 2003)
- Firefox (similar to Internet Explorer 7)
- Bunches of other useful applications and more can be downloaded.
Not 100% sure about the PDF reader, but thats easily fixed with a trip to the Adobe website. Open Office does come with it's own PDF maker though.
Just so you know all the extra programs that come with Ubuntu aren't actually apart of the Ubuntu project but are apart of a different project called GNU.
Much love to GNU! ;)
Andre Mangan
Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron comes complete with the Open Office suite which will read and convert, if necessary, any of the popular formats, even MS Word and Excel. A PDF reader and creator is standard. Firefox is the standard browser which is also included. For mail, you have a number of choices - you can use the standard inclusion called Evolution or easily install Thunderbird or any of a number of other fine email programmes.
In short, Ubuntu has everything you could possibly want. There is a repository with thousands of programmes available to you at the click of a button, free of charge and also granting you the freedom to adapt any programme to your particular needs.
It is a secure operating system where you need not be concerned about malware, intrusions, viruses and other nasties.
Best of all, Ubuntu comes with a world-wide community of fellow Ubuntu users who will help you along the way.
Go on Amos, take the plunge!
Andre
William Grant
> It will comes with everything you need to get started, and is extremely
> easy to install.
> Regarding Microsoft Word, Excell, PDF documents and the rest - Just get
> open office.
>
> You can obtain Open Office here -
> http://download.openoffice.org/other.html Download the English .deb
OpenOffice.org is preinstalled in all Ubuntu installations. No need to
download it separately. That's just likely to break things.
> For a simple .pdf viewer I'd go KPDF but it's a matter of preference really.
Evince, an excellent PDF reader, is also preinstalled in all Ubuntu
installations. No need to install KPDF.
> I used to use http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html to get
EasyUbuntu has been unnecessary and dead for years.
> myself up and running but there is a more up to date alternative called
> Ultimatix (which I won't link) but a lot of elitists do not like as as
> it does thing's in a way contrary to how they think things should be
> done.
Now, with my Ubuntu developer hat on... There are excellent reasons to
not use Ultamatix. It performs little that the automated codec installer
or gnome-app-install (Applications->Add/Remove...) don't already do, and
has a rather dangerous codebase (though not quite as dangerous as
elements of its heritage). There are always better ways than
abominations such as Ultamatix or Automatix.
> Even if it does not really, except for vastly insignificant
> minority - do anything but save you time and ease the transition process.
They cause problems, and there has been little reason to use them for
years. If there are issues in the transition process that are solved by
Ultamatix, we'd be glad to hear them so we can avoid more
Automatix-derived breakage.
Please, please, do not use things such as Automatix or Ultamatix. They
are bound to cause trouble.
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