To Kubuntu, or not to Kubuntu? That is the question!

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Re:To Kubuntu, or not to Kubuntu? That is the question!
From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" 
<kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: 06/15/2007 01:01 PM
> Στέλιος Γιολδάσης wrote:
>
>   
>> At the time being I'm surfing the net ,downloading torrents, listening
>> to music, watching movies and the most heavy program I'm using
>> is Pinnacle Studio (writing my movies on DVD's).
>> I just want my life simplier! My PC is strugling to handle Antivirus,
>> Azureus(torrent client) etc....
>>     
>
> Hmm, you should be able to do most of that pretty easily.  You may have
> some difficulty with DVD editing, but there is software available (Kino,
> Cinelerra, etc.).  Also, if you want to use proprietary media formats
> you'll have to install the codecs.  That isn't difficult; just follow
> the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>   
Downloading torrent - ktorrent, bittorrent, azurus and many more
Listening to music - Amarok would be my choice regardless of platform
Watching Movies - Mplayer, Kmplayer, Xine (proprietary codecs are simple 
as stated above)
DVD Editing - Cinerella
DVD Ripping - dvd::rip

I switched to Linux at work about three years ago and decided about 
three months ago to 'upgrade' my laptop at home (1GBRAM, 2GHZ processor, 
Dell M600) to Linux after frustration with a number of Windows problems. 
There are a couple applications that I like that are Windows only and I 
have found ways to run them. But for two exceptions, I am a convert and 
have no plans on ever looking back.

The two apps that I use a lot and are windows only are "Quicken" and a 
Bible study program called "PC Study Bible 5 Professional". I have 
looked at the Linux substitutes and they are simply not up to the task. 
For Quicken, I have an older desktop computer running Windows in a back 
office in my house. I RDP to it to run Quicken. That works great for me. 
The Bible study software, though, I want to take with me on my laptop. 
For that I installed Crossover Office from Codeweaver. Yes, I could have 
figured out how to do it with Wine (maybe) but the software is well 
worth the price for the number of hours of work it saved me. I am not a 
"Free" purist. I do what works.

If there are other applications you are worried about, share what they 
are and there is probably an easy way to either keep using them or 
switch to something native that works as well.

-- 
Sometimes I wonder.  Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the height and bredth of it.