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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:What can be done with Ubuntu? Glad you asked:
Yes it can do E-Mail.
Surf the web
Yes it can surf the web.
Burn CDs.
Some CD's but others with problems.
Rip CDs.
You need to search for hours to find the right program to rip CD's. It
may work. It may not.
Listen to music.
Yes you can listen to some music. Some sites are not compatible with
Ubuntu.
Watch vidoes/DVDs.
Yes you can do this.
Scan and print.
If you are lucky and can find the correct driver for your printer to
work with Ubuntu then you just might be able to do this.
Spreadsheets.
Basic input of a small number of columns and rows. Not very good at
complicated computations or macros.
Presentations
Basic presentations to idiots who think that Ubuntu is great when in
reality it sucks.
Newsgroups.
Yes, you can use Open Source programs to get to newsgroups. BFD.
HTML editing.
Sure. Basic HTML Editing is possible.
Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
That is it. If you want to play real games you need a Windows machine.
Make videos.
You will be searching for hours to find the right programs and the ones
you find only do the very basic of tasks. If you want to do real video,
get a PC or a MAC and run Windows or OS X.
Download photos from a camera and organize them.
Sure you can download your pictures.
Translations.
Nope.
Use a dictionary
Sure. Get the dictionary off the shelf and look up a word. Oh, you can
use your browser and search for words.
Learn how to touch type.
Not with Ubuntu. You need specialty software for this. This might take
awhile to find something worth anything. Keep looking.
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Edit images.
Basic edits like brightness, contrast, hue. For something more robust,
use Adobe products on a MAC or Windows platform.
Send and receive a fax.
Funny. Your printer can do this. If you can find the right drivers
after a few hours maybe you can use your printer with Ubuntu.
Maybe.
Take screenshots.
Take screenshots of a useless OS. Of course you can do this but it's
USELESS.
Create .PDF files.
Yea. Probably.
Create and use a data base.
A very primitive database.
Windows Live Messenger.Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including
Yes you can instant message. Ubuntu has to do something.
IRC.
Again, they had to make Ubuntu do something.
Bluetooth.
and much more!
But not much more. Ubuntu was written by geeks for geeks who can't get
laid.
What you can't do with Ubuntu:
ANY REAL WORK!
Thanks for asking.