Please help test Ubuntu on Windows

[Bill Stoye]

I'm unable to locate 'PDFCreator' in Synaptic; is this strictly a
Ubuntu/Windows thing?

Bill

On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 12:27 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Really! :-)
> 
> The Ubuntu Live CD contains Windows versions of some open source
> applications which are included in Ubuntu.  If you insert the CD into a
> system which is running Windows, you will be presented with a dialog which
> will allow you to install:
> 
>  * Abiword (word processor)
>  * Audacity (audio editor)
>  * Firefox (web browser)
>  * Gimp (image processor)
>  * OpenOffice.org (office suite)
>  * PDFCreator (create PDF files from any Windows application)
>  * Thunderbird (email)
> 
> These are ideal tools for introducing Windows users to open source in a
> concrete and practical way:
> 
>  * They are complete, useful applications that can be installed and used
>    immediately
>  * They are available free of charge
>  * They can be freely copied and shared with anyone
> 
> Just as with the normal Ubuntu release, we need your help to test it on a
> variety of systems and ensure that it works well.  Please download the live
> CD image and try it out on a nearby Windows system:
> 
> http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~lamont/testing/LiveCD/20041021-06/warty-live-i386-20041021-06.iso
> 
> This is a great item to give to your friends who haven't yet tried Ubuntu.
> They can try out some of the applications without even rebooting their
> computer.  If they like what they see, they can try out a "live" Ubuntu
> system by booting from the same CD, without worrying about repartitioning or
> reinstalling.  Remember, a copy of the live CD is included in every Ubuntu
> CD order submitted: http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz
>