kingliveson wrote:I would also advice not to just give up Windows cold unless you are ready to spend a little time reading.
I won't recommend a distribution since I've been using the same one forever and I'm not familiar with the newer, more user-friendly ones. However, I would say that, if your goal is to switch, and you don't have a pressing reason to keep windows, just go for it and install Linux -- with one caveat -- make sure you get a web browser running ASAP so you can look stuff up.
Exactly!
One good thing is that the base for the Linux community is big enough that you can google any question and you find the answer immediately. Someone else asked it before.
slobo wrote:I think about the possibility to change my OS and start using Linux, but I would like to know:
- is there any word processor similar to Word in Linux?
- will I be able to open and read Acrobat Reader files?
- is there anything similar to PowerPoint in Linux?
- What chess GUIs exist for Linux?
- what chess engines are available for this OS?
- is there any chess data bases for Linux?
Thanks in advance for your answeres.
SL
I didn't read the other replies, but I run Linux on my UAB office machine and every other machine I use. Yet UAB uses .doc, .xls, etc. files as the standard for campus communications. OpenOffice (Sun Microsystems) is free, comes with most linux distributions, and works perfectly for me. It handles microsoft word documents, xls spreadsheets, slideshows, etc, flawlessly so far. And it doesn't suffer from viruses.
Many thanks to all of you who have spent your time answering my questions.
I'll collect your informations, use them to make a search, and probably will adopt a "system" that uses both OS.
So, without radical changes for now.
Thanks again.
"Well, I´m just a soul whose intentions are good,
Oh Lord, please don´t let me be misunderstood."
