[ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

[Josh Blacker]

On 6/21/07, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman

Being fairly new to Ubuntu (a couple of months now?), I've not had
that long to look around too much. I've used FF on Windows XP for
years, and have used OpenOffice on XP as well (though I must admit,
with Office 2003 lying around I did tend to use it, and tried out the
Office 2007 beta when it came out - my hard drive promptly failed
about a month later and I lost it!). On Ubuntu obviously I use FF and
will, when uni starts again, be using OpenOffice to write my essays
(and e-mail them in .odt format - regulations say they must be 'in a
format compatible with college computers, e.g. .doc' or words to that
effect, but I will swiftly point out that OpenOffice is installed on
college computers...).

On the leisure side of things, I've played around with a few games but
the only one I have really played with is Wormux, mainly for the
nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but
wouldn't mind being able to play it from Ubuntu...

Working on a student newspaper (for which we use Photoshop and
Indesign on Macs, naturally) I've had a look at both the Gimp and
Scribus but haven't had a good play around yet - now that summer's
here (and until I get a job) I've got plenty of time to!


-- 
Josh Blacker