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Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0

Today I successfully downloaded and installed Adobe Acrobat Reader on Sony Vaio laptop. Here is the procedure:

1. Visit the Adobe Reader download page.
2. Select “Linux”, Select “Linux - x86 .deb”, Select your language.
3. Click the “Continue” button.
4. Click “Download Adobe Reader” to begin the download.
5. You can then “Open with…” to open it with the package installer directly, or “Save as” to be distributed to your other machines and installed manually via double-click on the package.

Finding application equivalents

Windows:
1. MS Word
2. TextPad
3. MS Excel
4. MS PowerPoint
5. Adobe Acrobat Reader Professional
6. SSH Secure Shell
7. 7-zip
8. Firefox
9. Thunderbird
10. Paint
Ubuntu:
1. OpenOffice Word Processor
2. Text Editor
3. OpenOffice Spreadsheet
4. OpenOffice Presentation
5. Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux, PDF Editor
6. SSH
7. 7-zip
8. Firefox
9. Thunderbird
10. OpenOffice Drawing, GIMP

Thunderbird

Installation of Thunderbird on Ubuntu 7.10 was trouble-free - I added it from the Add/Remove list under Applications. I successfully set up my university email account. Thunderbird is easy and pleasant to use.

Using Nautilus

The graphical desktop includes a file manager called Nautilus that gives you a graphical display of your system and personal files. Nautilus is designed to be much more than a visual listing of files, however. It allows you to configure your desktop, configure your Red Hat Linux system, browse your photo collection, access your network resources, and more all from one integrated interface. In essence, Nautilus becomes a shell for your entire desktop experience.

Working in Nautilus is efficient and provides an alternative to searching through the various sub-menus connected to the Main Menu or using a shell prompt to navigate the file system.

Burning

Burning CDs and DVDs is very easy. When I inserted a blank CD (and later a blank DVD) Ubuntu prompted me with a question what would I want to do with that blank CD/DVD. I chose the option to burn data on it. Ubuntu opened a window for the CD and I simply dragged and dropped files to it. Next I pressed the record button and my CD was burned. There is not too many options for burning though. For instance Ubuntu does not support multi sessions. To create multi session CDs and DVDs I installed Brasero Disc Burning Application.

Differences between Fiesty Fawn and Gutsy Gibbon

1. The installation interface is different and in my opinion wosrt that the on in Ubuntu 7.04.
I installed Gutsy Gibbon on four computers and each time the installation GUI failed. I had to use a text
version of the instalation, which wasn't as plaesent to use as on Fiesty Fawn.

2. User interface looks very similar to Mac OS. It is fancy, but I did not notice any differences in performance.

3. Adding network printers is harder than in 7.04.