Please help test Ubuntu on Windows

[Bill Stoye]

On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 16:17 -0400, David M. Carney wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:54:13 -0700, Bill Stoye <skiffworks at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > 
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> > 
> Anytime I go to print with my Ubuntu Linux system, one of the
> "printer" options is "print to pdf".
> 
> Haven't you seen this?

OK, I'm learning something; I didn't find "print to pdf", but in OO ->
'File' -> 'Export as PDF'.

Thank you.
Bill

> 
> David
>