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Re: [LUG] OT: Mac verses PC

 

Thank you for advice. Yet you still sit on the fence,  marginally it seems, coming  down in facour of Ubuntu as opposed to any other.  My needs are probably similar to many would-be converts from Windows so why isn't the LInux community quitting fighting amonst yourselves and recommending only Ubuntu as first choice for the thickies ? 

On 2/1/07, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Robin Menneer wrote:
> Your experience has been similar to mine except I also use a mac
> mini.  I don't enjoy changing systems and must want the best simplest
> that will do the text, photographs and drawings that I have to conjure
> up in my efforts to conserve the ancient craft of Cornish hedging (we
> use stone in a variety of patterns).  Which system should I use,
> please (I can just about seeing me using Gimp, and I can cope with
> Open Office) ?  Automatic updates (painless and free) essential.
> Sancreed is not too distant from Germoe.
You might find Ubuntu suits your needs.  The interface is clean and easy
to use and in a way is a little bit MacOS 9 like (drop down menus from
the top of the screen to launch apps).  With a default install of Ubuntu
you should find it has OpenOffice.org for your office work, The Gimp for
photo editing, Evolution for e-mail (although I prefer Thunderbird) and
Firefox for web browsing.

Adding applications is also dead easy, just use the Add/Remove programs
option at the bottom of the Applications menu for a smaller list of
applications or if you want to try more, just use the Synaptic package
manager.

You might want to give the Ubuntu Live CD a try.  If you don't get on
with it you can always try the KDE based Kubuntu Live CD or the Mandriva
Live CDs.

Before I get flames about which is better - Gnome or KDE, I must add -
my desktop runs Ubuntu but the PC I am typing this on is my other halfs
PC which is running Kubuntu.  I like both, I find some things in KDE
easier and prefer other things in Ubuntu.  While I think about it, is it
possible to get the tabbed terminal windows under Gnome like you can
with Konsole on KDE?

Rob


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