Free software in Ubuntu

Pt. 7 of 10 | 2:33 |

A Beginner's Guide to Ubuntu

Tuesday June 16, 2009

We've looked at the fact that

Ubuntu

comes with tools for the Internet already installed. We've also looked at the fact that it has Evolution Mail, a full-featured email client, for handling all your mail. Ahh, but

Ubuntu

has lots of good, general

software

you can use for other things as well.

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- In

Ubuntu

look under

Applications

.

- Ubuntu comes with lots of software packaged right with it.

- Click on Applications and then on Accessories.

- You get a calculator, a CD/DVD Creator, a Character Map, and a Disk Usage Analyzer.

- You also get a program for tracking passwords, one for taking screen shots, and one for managing print jobs.

- In addition you get a text editor, a note program, and a program for terminal mode.

- All programs are free and open source.

- Under Graphics you get a photo manager, the GIMP image editor, the OpenOffice Drawing program, and an image scanning program.

- Found under office are a dictionary, and OpenOffice Spreadsheet, Presentation, and Writer, all compatible with Microsoft Office.

- Lastly, under Sound and Audio, you get a disc burner, a movie player, a music player and a sound recorder.

- All of this

free software

comes bundled with Ubuntu. You don't have to install it, you just have to use it and enjoy it.

- Plus, there's lots more open source software available that you can download and install.

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