Posted: October 29th, 2009 | Author: adq890 | Filed under: ubuntu | Tags: ubuntu 9.10 | No Comments »
Email and chat
- Chat to friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more.
- Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS Outlook.
Browse the Internet
- Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for faster and safer browsing.
- For a choice of other open-source web browsers visit the Software Centre and take your pick.
Photos
- Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot.
- Manage, tag, share and sort your photos.
- Upload easily to your favourite social network or photo-sharing sites inlcuding: Flickr, Facebook, Picassa and many others.
Music and videos
- Plug in your PSP, iPod, MP3 player and use Rythmbox to download, store, buy and play music.
- Share playlists with your friends.
- Access Last.fm directly through Rythmbox to stream your favourite music.
- Stream and play video from YouTube, BBC and others.
Office applications
- Create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with OpenOffice.org 3.0.
- OpenOffice.org is compatible with all office applications including Microsoft Office.
- The big difference is that OpenOffice.org is free (and promises never to introduce Mr Clippy)
Play games
- Over 400 completely free and completely cool games. Solitaire is not the only game in town.
- Visit the Software Centre to easily browse, select and install games.
Store, sync and share
- Integrated “Ubuntu One” technology gives you 2 GB of online storage for free.
- Easily share files between your own and your friends’ computers.
- Upgrade at low cost for more storage if you need it.
Software Center
- Instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications
- Categories include: Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office.
- Simply select the applications you want to use and the Software Center will add them to your computer
- No CDs, no licenses, no hassle.
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