Re: So help save Windows XP
Re: So help save Windows XP
dave wrote:
> David wrote:
>
>>
>> Having a " Vista Only " PC world is delegating many PC's of the world
>> into fancy screen-saver endowed paperweights.
>>
>> A Vista Only PC world will cripple normal commerce and industry.
>>
>> And I say,
>>
>> why put up with this Microsoft "Vista only " crap!
>>
>> Just Worry, Cajole and Bullyrage Microsoft
>>
>> into making Good old reliable Windows XP available for The
>> Foreseeable Future..
>>
>> Thank You ..
>>
> There is a superior operating system, (for everyone but gamers and video
> editors). It is free for the taking. You can burn a DVD and use it to
> test your hardware actually running the OS, directly off the DVD. If
> you like it, install it.
>
> www.ubuntu.com
>
> It includes this:
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
> for Office, and this:
>
> and this:
>
> http://www.gimp.org/
>
> for Photoshop.
>
> Screw Microsoft.
>
Not only can you use Open Office and Gimp, you can also do this 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.
and much more!
What you can't do with Ubuntu:
Worry about:
WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
DRM,
Viruses,
Root kits,
Spyware,
and
Malware.
Alias