<div dir="ltr">If you use the standard ubuntu install it already includes openoffice for office tasks, along with evince for pdf reading Evolution is there for mail/calendar and there is pretty much everything else you need on an average day already installed. If you want to add anything more you can use the 'add/remove software' menu item to automatically download and install whatever you want <div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/2 Blindraven <<a href="mailto:blindraven@gmail.com">blindraven@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">It will comes with everything you need to get started, and is extremely easy to install. Regarding Microsoft Word, Excell, PDF documents and the rest - Just get open office. You can obtain Open Office here - <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/other.html" target="_blank">http://download.openoffice.org/other.html</a>  Download the English .deb For a simple .pdf viewer I'd go KPDF but it's a matter of preference really. I used to use <a href="http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html" target="_blank">http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html</a> to get myself up and running but there is a  more up to date alternative called Ultimatix (which I won't link) but a lot of elitists do not like as as it does thing's in a way contrary to how they think things should be done. Even if it does not really, except for vastly insignificant minority - do anything but save you time and ease the transition process. your call. Have fun. <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Amos Koh <<a href="mailto:koh.amos@gmail.com" target="_blank">koh.amos@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">Hi there , I wished to switched from windows XP  to a linux OS. After some googleing , people said ubuntu is the most popular. the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition OS is just one disc. while many others , like Fedora , has 5 to 6 discs. my question is does this one single disc contain all the things i need  for the installation ? i need the normal stuffs like a browser , email , network connection read MS Words , Excel , etc  and PDF files. thanks </div> -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div> -- In a world without walls or fences, there would be no need for windows or gates...... </div> -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div> </div>